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Hello

These days the tempereture around 109 - 116 and its matter of time till its reach 125 Fahernheits.
And i received a new juniper from japan thats surely not used or prepared for this weather.

The top part of the soil will be 100% dry within 8 hours during day time.

Few parts very few dried out, dry green needles, didnt even change to yellow.

Currently i did the very forbiden in almost every page on the internet.
Before i leave to work after its recieved 2-3 hours of early morning light i move it inside in a room with good humidity and light, where i have my Aeroponic system, later after work i move it again outside where its get 2.5 hours of day light and leave it there till the morning.

Now been doing this for only the last 2 days, and i recieved the juniper a week ago.

And i really do not want to find out if this is harmful by myself and kill it.

So am seeking your experience in handling this situation.

I live 1 mile away from the sea, high humidity during summer specially august, dust storms can happen several times a year., many factors make me Feel worry,
Most pages talk about protecting junipers from frost, cant find the needed experience on internet or even in my area.

I hope this explination of my environment can help you to think with me on what can be done to save this bonsai from dieing.
As for juniper i know that its in so hot weather will sacrifice parts of it, maybe a whole branch and a portion of its trunk so the rest of it can stay alive, some time its good to let the nature take its course but this will be a very difficult gamble.


Things i done so far

Putting it in a bigger pot, i had to, its pot got broken during shipping

I watered it with 0.5% h2o2 (not h2o) so i increase the oxygen for roots so its take more water.

Gave it white shark powder to add beneficial bacteria and fungies for better function of its root system.
I removed lots of the juvinel since its couse water to evaporate faster from the tree.

I can explain as much as you need as long this will help you to give me your balueable advice.

xref wrote: Putting it in a bigger pot, i had to, its pot got broken during shipping

I watered it with 0.5% h2o2 (not h2o) so i increase the oxygen for roots so its take more water.

Gave it white shark powder to add beneficial bacteria and fungies for better function of its root system.
I removed lots of the juvinel since its couse water to evaporate faster from the tree.

I can explain as much as you need as long this will help you to give me your balueable advice.

I can agree with the bigger pot.

Adding peroxide to the water is a BAD idea. It is a desinfectant and as such will kill lots of usefull bacteria in your soil. I do not even want to think whether if affects your roots. There is not need to do this.

Adding the root-support is unneeded unless you have done very heavy rootwork, which I presume you have not done.

I think removing juvenile foliage is a bad idea, unless the plant is really healthy. It will only stimulate the plant to make more of it.

The temperatures you mention are high for the part of the world where I come from. I cannot judge how that would affect your tree. I would highly recommend finding people in your part of the world growing trees. With these temperatures I would be very tempted to provide midd-day shading, and block winds.

I can describe this high temp to you
Under shade you will feel the air burning your face.

I thought of contacting local nurseries, but the problem none of them plant junipers, i noticed all exported plants are in their indoor nursery under growth light and AC.

there are a bonsai grower indubai and their weather can be worst than my area, ill try to ask him and ill share his reply here.

The climate here, of which you are well aware, is perfect for all varieties of Juniper, I think the lengthy transportation time has something to do with it, but on the other hand the time of year was okay for doing this shipping...

Whatever you do, definitely not indoors, a partially shaded area where the tree gets morning sun and late afternoon sun or, one or both of the two is what it needs. Once you have placed the tree somewhere suitable....leave it there. Turn the tree a quarter turn every week so all sides get light, don't keep moving it around....patience is required!

The problem (well not a problem unless it's dying/dead) with Junipers is that when the roots have been stressed (they are actually quite delicate and don't like being messed around with) they can wither/die and rot quite quickly. Now comes the problem.....the top part of the tree can remain to look reasonably okay even although 'in theory' the tree is dead, it can sustain this appearance for a good six weeks until the foliage starts ti=o dry-up and feels 'crumbly' to the touch......once a Juniper is on the way out.... it's a careful and long (and not always successful) path to recovery.

The climate is not the issue...

I shared pics with him after his reply, and he assure me nothing to worry about.

I think of adding peat layers on top of it to preserve moist longer, its literally dry out too fast, 6 hours outside then the moister meter indicate its totally dry even at the bottum of the pot. And 6 cm depth not enough, the other bonsais i have are allways at 10 cm hight pots at least.

Cool!

You can also consider using unglazed pots, and placing those in peat. The substrate will stay moist longer, as the side of the pot continuously can absorb water from the peat.

I think you will have to experiement a bit. But as indicated in the email too: Be patient. Junipers take a long time to show things are wrong, normally.

xref wrote:

- Turn the tree a quarter turn every week
- don't keep moving it around...

I certainly don't want to argue with someone who as knowledge about the local circumstances and bonsai, but isn't that a bit contradictory ?

He mean keep moving it outdoor and indoor in daily basis.

xref wrote: He mean keep moving it outdoor and indoor in daily basis.

That makes sense.
I've never seen trees turn around in nature though, doesn't seem to make sense - but hey, I'm sure the guy knows what he's talking about.

whatever make you happy, the guy is so bad, hope this satisfy your personal issues.

Auk wrote: I've never seen trees turn around in nature though, doesn't seem to make sense - but hey, I'm sure the guy knows what he's talking about.

Although this is true.. Often one side of the tree gets less light then the other. To overcome this, one can rotate plants. This puts a strain on the plant though (Having to adjust to the new angle off ligh-attack).

I have gotten in the habit of rotating some of my plants ever 4-8 weeks after not getting any growth on the back of some junipers standing near a wall...