Juniper fungicides types

[BonsaiMan11]

Hi has anyone tried Bioadvanced - Disease Control for Roses, Flowers & Shrubs fungicide to treat tip blight and other Juniper fungus? Relatively new to Bonsai and I wanted to gain some feedback if possible. I purchased some Junipers from a place where there's high humidity and they came a bit infected.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

I have tried it, but the only thing I can't cure without fungicides is rust. Rust can't even be cured, it is forever until you cut it out.
Tip blight is often misdiagnosed, it's more likely a root issue that caused the tips to die. As a matter of fact, I'm convinced that most blights in juniper are secondary symptoms that affect already dying or dead foliage, and do not attack live tissue unless the conditions are absolutely amazing for any fungus (like 100% humidity and high temperatures).
Junipers don't often have fungal issues at all, and if they do, 95% can be attributed to the conditions they're in (wet or dry soil, shade) and that 5% is various types of rust. My suggestion is to not treat anything but improve the conditions instead. This stops re-infection and should prevent the next flush of growth from experiencing any issues.

If you compare it to a human body, the best way to keep it from getting infections is to keep it healthy - or rather, to not let it get unhealthy. You can pump someone full of antibiotics and they can probably eat from the toilet bowl without any problems. But it's better to not eat from a toilet bowl at all, so you don't need antibiotics at all.

 

[BonsaiMan11]

Thanks for the response on this one I am grateful. Your detailed information is great and o believe you’re right on what I did by misdiagnosing the issue. If it were to be tip blight or something along the lines of a fungus would you use what I put on the last message? I’m grateful for the quick response.

 

[bwaynef]

Tip blight in juniper has in my experience resolved on its own w/ no input on my part. I don't know the active ingredient in what you list, but other bioadvance/bayer products often include imidacloprid, which can lead to spider mite issues in junipers. For a general juniper fungicide, if it comes to that, Mancozeb tends to treat just about every juniper disease.

 

[vancehanna]

Ferbam it you can find it

 

[leatherback]

I am with @Wires_Guy_wires . I live in a pretty wet place and have loads of fungals. But pretty much never on Junipers. I have had massive dying of growing tis but that has been either soaking wet roots, or over fertilizing. Looking back at a good 15 years of growing juniper in pots I do not think I have had any fungal infection other than rust (twice, stupid stuff!)

 

[BonsaiMan11]

I am with @Wires_Guy_wires . I live in a pretty wet place and have loads of fungals. But pretty much never on Junipers. I have had massive dying of growing tis but that has been either soaking wet roots, or over fertilizing. Looking back at a good 15 years of growing juniper in pots I do not think I have had any fungal infection other than rust (twice, stupid stuff!)

I believe I have to the conclusion that I was over watering my Junipers due to the summer here in Las Vegas - however I do plan on continuing the plan of going through the funcide and pesticide treatment just as a regular routine thing which someone I bought a juniper from told me to follow. I also have learned a lot from this guy named Bjorn on Eisei-en bonsai. I appreciate the feedback everyone!