Lazylightningny
Masterpiece
Catfish, If that trunk is up against the side of the box, which it appears to be, I'd drill a couple of holes and wire it to the box to minimize root movement.
Old landscape juniper, procumbens nana
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leatherback
The Treedeemer
Do the roots pretty much fill this box? It seems overly large to me, which makes it more dificult for the roots to recover, oddly enough. They like their roots to be snug..
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
No, I wouldn’t risk moving it around.
catfish chapstick
Chumono
The roots are crammed in. Basically was one long root with some small roots. I bent it/them around in the box. There was no other way unless I had a bigger box or cut some roots off which I was afraid to do. Definitely was not a compact root situation. Basically it's main root had elongated horizontal to the soil line for a pretty good distance.
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Chumono
I have it under a tree so it only gets filtered light. The plant appears to be growing. Should I feed it this year at all??
Johnathan
Omono
I would not
Dav4
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You should have it in full sun and be feeding it regularly by now.
MrFancyPlants
Masterpiece
I wouldn’t move it around.. rain is good.
Edit: not meaning to pile on with experts giving good advice, I just mean don’t move it out of the rain.
Edit: not meaning to pile on with experts giving good advice, I just mean don’t move it out of the rain.
Johnathan
Omono
Dav4
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Typically 4-6 weeks after, but if it’s clearly beginning to grow, I’ll fertilize sooner.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
I’d be inclined to hit it with some fish emulsion, but wouldn’t move it yet.
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Chumono
Ok its alive and was doing pretty well but I've seen some spider mites! What should I do???
PiñonJ
Omono
I used this and it worked well: https://www.bonide.com/products/insect-control/view/428/eight-garden-and-home-rtu. It is a synthetic version of pyrethrin, which is an insecticide derived from chrysanthemums.
catfish chapstick
Chumono
I sprayed it with some similar product and that seems to have worked for now. I had started to panic when I saw the bugs.
I picked off some of the foliage that had died off. I wish I could see what the roots are doing. Top is active and I'm about to give fish emulsion for a second time. I have it under a tree so it gets some light but mostly filtered.
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Shohin
What happened with this tree??
dallin_hubb
Seedling
Update for 2025??
catfish chapstick
Chumono
I have had terrible luck with junipers. this one died as well as several others. the best I had done with one juniper was keeping it alive for about 5 years... this one didn't last 2
I have another one that I have been conditioning in the ground for about 7 years but I doubt I will ever harvest it based on my previous failures.
This is saddening because I always dreamed of acquiring a yamadori juniper whenever I became confident in my ability to care for it.
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
The key is to never kill them the same way twice. That way you eventually run out of ways to kill them
Once your junipers start to grow - in landscape or otherwise - consider taking cuttings from them. You will feel less saddened when you lose a tree if you have 20 cuttings that you are in the process of growing out.
