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Hey all! I've had my bonsai since Christmas of 2019, and it's been doing well up until about a month ago. Its been in the same part of the house since Christmas where it gets about an hour or two of morning sun and it loved it, but recently it started to yellow. I doubled the watering as the instructions given to me described and that seemed to help but it still looks a bit off-color. I'm wondering if there is something else I need to do for it? Also theres some yellow spots on it, is it ok to trim them off? And final question, This little mound of dirt appeared when I watered it last, kind of different looking than the rest of the dirt, is that normal or is there some kind of bug living in there?
Thanks guys!

Hello Gareth,
Without sounding patronising,
Your tree should not be indoors.
From the pictures you’ve provided it looks like a juniper which should be outside all year round. It will slowly die off left indoors.
Secondly, I can’t really tel from the picture but that mound of dirt looks like algae, which suggests your over watering it.
Only water when surface soil has dried out, twice a day indoors is far too much.
Hope this helps.

Brand new to this so no worries man! That makes total sense, I was given an instruction manual by the Japanese guy I got it from but I think it's an all encompassing one not specific to my species so the tips were wrong. I live in Sacramento, its a dry climate and its hitting around 90-100F during the day here, I Googled it and am getting some conflicting answers so I will default to you. Will it be ok in that kind of temperature, and should I position it to get maximum sun, morning sun afternoon sun, or something else? I meant to say I watered it twice a week, which was probably still too much as it was inside. As it will be outside now in that kind of temperature will once a day suffice or should I water morning and night or just check the soil? Thanks for all the help man, any other information you could give would be appreciated, like I said I'm brand new to this and don't want to mess it up!

The tree needs a climate close to the climate it evolved in. If it is from a colder climate it will want to have real winter and a real dormant period. If it is from a much warmer climate, warm and dry like Sacramento will do just fine. You may want to put it where it doesn't get full sun all day long, depending on its requirements. Look up in How-To to see the particulars for the species.

Garth33 wrote: I live in Sacramento, its a dry climate and its hitting around 90-100F during the day here

yes, your tree will do just fine outside in that weather as long as you make sure the soil does not dry out all the way. i live in socal we get 105*F+, my junipers are outside all year. i have some positioned for all day full sun and some get sun from 10am-2pm and all trees do just fine. note i do have to water twice a day all summer, sometimes even up to 3 time a day but thats rare when i do. considering your tree is going down hill at the moment i would place the tree were it receives dappled sun and after a few weeks outside you can slowly position it to receive more sun. just know that your juniper has been unhappy for quite sometime now as junipers take a while to show signs of stress so there is a chance this may not make it. so i would keep up the care and hope for the best.

Garth33 wrote: As it will be outside now in that kind of temperature will once a day suffice or should I water morning and night or just check the soil?

Ive learned to just keep a close eye on the soil, check it regularly and if it feels dry give it a water

Water when needed not to a schedule, check it every day and water when the soil is almost dry. Having said that it does not look at all well, so don't be surprised if it does not make it

Thanks for all the help guys, I was afraid of that I have it outside now and will water as needed and hope for the best!

Cobra wrote:

Garth33 wrote: As it will be outside now in that kind of temperature will once a day suffice or should I water morning and night or just check the soil?

Ive learned to just keep a close eye on the soil, check it regularly and if it feels dry give it a water

We have a tendency to think that it rained yesterday, so I don't need to water them. Or, it is pretty chilly today, so I don't need to water. Check them. They may be in a rain shadow and no rain fell on them. Lately around here it has been unseasonably cool (that is, we are running the heater when we should be running the air conditioner) and the humidity drops when the sun warms everything up, and the trees dry up fast. Check them.