名媛直播

Hello Everyone,

I bought a Pine 名媛直播 about 3 months ago. I live in Los Angeles and it is currently Summertime.
I was watering my bonsai generously twice per week and had it outside getting full sunlight. About a month ago I noticed that some of the needles were turning yellow but thought it was normal so I didn't pay too much attention to it. About 2 weeks ago the yellowing had gotten quite bad, taking over approximately 33% of the bonsai. I did some research and decided it would be best to bring it indoors and trim off the yellowing needles and small branches, leaving only the green parts. This seemed to help so I took it back outside for about 4 days as it is noted online that pines need full sunlight. This only made it worse, to the point where only about 25% of the bonsai is green now so I brought the 名媛直播 back inside and trimmed off some of the yellowing as well. The temperature in Los Angeles has gotten quite high over the past month so I'm wondering if that has something to do with it. I've made sure the soil stays moist without overwater. I scratched the trunk and it was white underneath the surface. I keep getting different information online on whether this is normal or not, or whether my bonsai is dying or not. Please help. What should I do? Here are some photos including one of the scratch i did on the trunk. The photos don't tell the full story as I have trimmed off A LOT of the yellowing/browning.

That was a Juniper not Pine and it probably dead. If you have had it inside that is what has killed it. Twice a week watering is nowhere near enough, you should water when needed, wen the soil is almost dry. If you put it outside it might recover, but it looks too far gone.

This is not a pine, it is a juniper.

When junipers turn colour thet have been dead for weeks or months allready. There might be parts of the green still alive but impossible to say for sure.

All you can do is to leave it outside and take good care of it. No prunning, no styling, no repotting, no fertilizer and no bark scratching. If the tree can recover it will need rest to do so.

I am not sure that full sun and heat is the best situation for such a weak tree. I would place it in dappled light.

Thank you very much for the help. I have it by a big window that gets light most of the day? Is this acceptable or should I strive for dappled light outside?

Full sun, for Junipers is good,

You still have it inside? Outside, and never bring it back in if it survives ( 0,001 % chance)

Correct. Junipers cannot stand indoor conditions, needs to be outdoors all the time.

It’s a juniper, not pine. But what you’re thinking is conifer, which pines and junipers are conifers.

I also live in the Los Angeles area. And yes the summer is very hot and dry.

I have conifers in containers and they’re all outside. Plants are not necessarily drought tolerant unless they’re established in the ground. Cacti are an exception. I have to water my conifers everyday/every other day to have them combat the summer drought and heat. Containers don’t hold as much moisture as you might think. That’s why watering twice a week during this summer would not be enough. I have a collection of junipers, one pine, one cedar, and a few cypresses and spruces. I love them all.