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Hi Guys,

Looking for some advice, on a dying juniper that i have had for the past twelve months.
She is kept on my back pagola, watered dailey and gets plenty of afternoon sun.

I am not sure if its over watering or maybe mites, any advice would be greatly appeciated

Photos

Cheers

id try moving to morning sun and shade in the afternoon is the dead foliage soft or dry and hard

Scratch a tiny bit of bark away from the trunk. If there is any green there, it is still alive.
Unfortunately with Junipers, there is often green left in the foliage for a long time after their demise.

To check for spider mite - place a white piece of paper under the foliage and tap the foliage with a pencil. Look at what falls on the paper - if the tiny specks are moving around - you have spider mite issues. If you can find Kelthane - use it - it is the best - If not (as it has been banned as far as I know - very toxic) use Natrasoap.

Cheers,
Leigh.

im with leigh about the spider mite, it looks like the issue i have had in the past, it could also be a sun problem, junipers should be getting at least a minimum of 5 hours direct light a day, and preferably not the midday sun either, if you can get it in a spot where it receives morning light until 10 or 11AM the shade or part shade til 2 or 3pm then full sun for the rest of the day would be very beneficial, mine get a lot of sunlight, upwards of 8 hours or more

if it is spider mite try and do something as quick as possible and if you have other trees keep it away from them for a while, you should even check the others just incase, i lost 2 junipers and am inbetween saving another as i had an attack of spider mite and the little buggers infested three of my trees, it was too late for 2 of them, and like i said the other one seems to be hanging on but just, i have lost 3 years of development on it too.

jamie

Awesome, thanks for the reply's, presently away from home..................

Will keep you posted, as you may have guessed, new to the bonsai culture

Don't know what its is, that facinates me about bonsai's..........lol

Once again, thanks for your time and expertise

Squidy