AusBonsai

Hello

Im new to this forum.

I just ordered my first ever Juniuper "nana" bonsai from amazon.

I just received the parcel and got the trees out and watered them as they had been in shipment for 1 week. i needed it to be shipped from USA to UAE.

I have taken pictures of the 2 trees. Can someone tell me if they are healthy or not.

Juniper 1:










Juniper 2:

Nice , look healthy to me!

That is one healthy Juni, but those exposed fibrous roots should be covered so they don't dry out

Hello

I am relieved to hear that they are healthy.

I thought that the yellow branches were a problem or they were dried out.

Anja, i am completely new to Bonsai, how should the roots be covered and with what ?

Can you suggest any good books for beginners ?

has anyone read this book ?

Junipers: Growing & Styling Juniper Bonsai
http://www.amazon.com/Junipers-Growing- ... B001E83V1C

Haven't read the book, but cover those roots up with some more gravel or a chunk of moss with a lil' soil on it.

Great tree you have there! I think it will be perfect in that pot and nice material to start with. I would purchase a small quantity of bonsai wire and wire the trunk putting a little more movement in it, that would be good. You'll have lot's of fun, playing around with this guy, learn heaps too.

Just to add another vote, looks surprisingly healthy for a shipped plant. If you look from the top of the plant down through the canopy, you can't seem the underside of the branches can you, thus neither can the light get to those areas. There is no point keeping foliage alive that is over shadowed as it is just draining nutrients from the plant, so it dies back. Pines do it too and others, if in a season a branch is out grown by those above the next season it will often die back, allowing nutrients to go into branches which are receiving light. A way to combat this is too thin out/move the foliage above.

Mitchell wrote:Haven't read the book, but cover those roots up with some more gravel or a chunk of moss with a lil' soil on it.

Great tree you have there! I think it will be perfect in that pot and nice material to start with. I would purchase a small quantity of bonsai wire and wire the trunk putting a little more movement in it, that would be good. You'll have lot's of fun, playing around with this guy, learn heaps too.

Thanks, I have kept the tree outside, i have thought of keeping them out from the morning till the afternoon and then bringing them inside.

I have to learn how to wire the trunk, i am really hesitant to hurt it.

Thats why i need a good book. I also need to know what kind of soil should be prepared for the junipers.

Mitchell wrote: If you look from the top of the plant down through the canopy, you can't seem the underside of the branches can you, thus neither can the light get to those areas. There is no point keeping foliage alive that is over shadowed as it is just draining nutrients from the plant, so it dies back. Pines do it too and others, if in a season a branch is out grown by those above the next season it will often die back, allowing nutrients to go into branches which are receiving light. A way to combat this is too thin out/move the foliage above.

Here are the snapshots i took from the top , of both the trees.


Tree 1


Tree 2



Regarding keeping them outside, they are im my balcony, and my A/C's heat is also present. The trees are not near the A/C's vent but the warm air is present. Would this effect the trees ?

you have a couple of nice looking juni's to start with there
and yes this book ( http://www.amazon.com/Junipers-Growing- ... B001E83V1C ) is good for beginer's you'll enjoy it.

Jake wrote:you have a couple of nice looking juni's to start with there
and yes this book ( http://www.amazon.com/Junipers-Growing- ... B001E83V1C ) is good for beginer's you'll enjoy it.

Thanks

I was also recommended the following book
The Bonsai Workshop by Herb Gustafson
http://www.amazon.com/Bonsai-Workshop-O ... 297&sr=1-1