Hello. I wired this guy up a couple of weeks ago, and within the last week I’ve started noticing this upper portion looking sad. It’s in most the nursery soil (not all big course stuff, some sandy soily medium), and some bonsai mix soil on the bottom and top. We were on vacation last week but it was watered every couple of days, granted we were hit with 90s, this soil seems to hold moisture. Since being back I’ve made sure to keep it well watered usually every day this last week. Now it’s always hard for me to balance over and under watering. Your thoughts? The first shot will be from a couple of weeks ago. The bottom pads seems to look fine at this point, seems to be the top. I will add this, I made a crack when I was working upwards, but it seemed superficial and I have it wired closed and put a little superglue over it
Should I be worried?
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Wires_Guy_wires
Imperial Masterpiece
No reason to worry, the greyish looking and crunchy parts are dead.
The rest seems lively, so it was probably the out-of-season wiring that killed those parts.
Juniper bark tears and breaks easily in the summertime, and you're not the first nor the last to learn this the hard way. But luckily there's plenty of plant left to rebuild it!
The rest seems lively, so it was probably the out-of-season wiring that killed those parts.
Juniper bark tears and breaks easily in the summertime, and you're not the first nor the last to learn this the hard way. But luckily there's plenty of plant left to rebuild it!
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
The top is dead or almost dead.
Could be the crack stopped water flow to the foliage
Wiring in the summer can often cause the bark to slip because it is looser in the summer when there is a lot of water running through the branches.
Once that happens, the branch dies more often than not
Could be the crack stopped water flow to the foliage
Wiring in the summer can often cause the bark to slip because it is looser in the summer when there is a lot of water running through the branches.
Once that happens, the branch dies more often than not
damn well at least the bottoms seems unaffected. But the top was the apex! And I liked how it looked as a little shohin. Alright well I guess I’ll leave it alone and maybe some day be able to style it with new growth. Thanks for the comments
Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
And now your current apex is dead. All that means is a change of plans. I would probably find a new, lower branch to be the new apex but if you really want it that tall you'll need to grow a new terminal shoot to that height.
Almost certainly no new growth on that section. When junipers turn brown that section is dead. Make jin if you like. It is pretty thin wood but probably a little better than the existing terminal jin you have.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
It's better.
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