Reviving a Juniper.
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I gave my girlfriend a cascading juniper for her birthday earlier this year who knows nothing about plant care. We trimmed the roots a bit and re-potted it. I'm not sure what she did or didnt do to it but it is in bad shape. I'm assuming lack of both sunlight and water is to blame.
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I took it back and am trying to revive it. It was all dried up, so I broke off all of the dried parts and have begun watering it daily and making sure it is getting all the sun it can get. It is still pliable and seems to be hanging onto life.
Can anyone help me bring this thing back? Is it even possible at this point? Any insight is greatly appreciated.
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I took it back and am trying to revive it. It was all dried up, so I broke off all of the dried parts and have begun watering it daily and making sure it is getting all the sun it can get. It is still pliable and seems to be hanging onto life.
Can anyone help me bring this thing back? Is it even possible at this point? Any insight is greatly appreciated.
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I see your logic in braking off the dried parts, but if it were mine, i would not have done that. But try, it has a chance, but thats better than no chance at all. If it is all dried up then i would suggest to water it like you would any bonsai. I may be wrong as i am not experienced with junipers so wait for further posts.
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It is dead I am sorry to say. I is not going to revive now. I suspect that it was kept inside, and that is the killer. You cannot keep a Juniper or most other hardy species in such a bad environment. It is too dry too dark.
Junitpers if they are dying will not show until it is too late. That is what has happened, probably not watered enough and just not enough light. Sorry but if you must have a plant inside then buy a tropical species that will survive.
Junitpers if they are dying will not show until it is too late. That is what has happened, probably not watered enough and just not enough light. Sorry but if you must have a plant inside then buy a tropical species that will survive.
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Sorry to say - that looks dead. It's possible it may start to put out new growth, don't overwater though, junipers don't take well to that. May be worth checking the rootball for rot, if there are black dead bits remove as much as you can without disturbing the rest and stick it in a larger pot with free draining soil. I doubt though if this will recover, there looks to be too much dead growth there
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I agree with m5eaygeoff. This tree will not survive. It is too far gone. Junipers can stay green for a long time after they died.
This tree essentially is already dead.
This tree essentially is already dead.
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And if you want to revive a tree you shouldn't water it on a daily base and never put it in the full sun.
It's better to let the soil dry a a bit between watering because when it has almost no foliage that is actually alive it can't vaporize the water it's taking in.
Also it's better to mist the plants foliage and keep it out of the sun.
But in this case it is too late looking at the pictures.
It's better to let the soil dry a a bit between watering because when it has almost no foliage that is actually alive it can't vaporize the water it's taking in.
Also it's better to mist the plants foliage and keep it out of the sun.
But in this case it is too late looking at the pictures.
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