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Hello everyone,

I am new to the forum, the website, and the world of bonsai.

I recently took the class that BE offered and learned a lot, but I tend to over think things so of course I have lots of questions.

I recently bought a nursery stock Golden Juniper (Juniperus x pfitzeriana) and turned it into a lovely bonsai. Good news is I potted it at the beginning of February and it's still alive! lasted longer than my first juniper (but then again I left it inside and potentially under watered it)

Back to the Golden Juniper... I made the mistake of just trimming the hell out of it back when I styled it and now the tips are darkening. is there a way I can correct this?

I recently found green algae looking stuff growing at the base of the trunk...is this bad?

Also, I have yet to wire it, and I'm feeling kinda lost. not sure what style route to take with her.... thoughts?

Also, I'm from the Sonora desert.... given my arid climate I'm curious as to if and how I need to alter my bonsai maintenance and if there are any trees I should just avoid growing entirely.

thoughts? attached are pictures of my golden juniper

Rmohle wrote: I recently bought a nursery stock Golden Juniper (Juniperus x pfitzeriana) and turned it into a lovely bonsai.

thoughts? attached are pictures of my golden juniper

Thanks, but I think it would be more interesting to post pictures of the other juniper you mentioned, that you turned into a lovely bonsai?

Did the photos not show up, or are you being sarcastic?

Rmohle wrote: Did the photos not show up, or are you being sarcastic?

I did see photos, sure, of a young juniper.

sorry for posting

Rmohle wrote: sorry for posting

I think you 'll need to do some more research - and look at some examples of bonsai.
What you've done - it just doesn't work like that. You cannot buy a random plant at a nursery, "trim the hell out of it", jam it in a pot and call it a bonsai. That's just not how it works.

If your plant had any bonsai potential, you've cut that potential out of it. It now has little options left and honestly, I don't see any options that wouldn't take several years of recovery and growth first and a few more years of proper training next.

You can buy a pre-bonsai with good potential. You can buy nursery stock and grow it into usable material. 名媛直播 takes lots of time and knowledge. There's no such thing as an instant-bonsai.

However, to answer your questions:

Let your juniper grow. The brown foliage will not get green again, it'll eventually fall off. If the plant is healthy, new growth will follow to replace the dead tips.

If you really want to get into this hobby, it's a good idea to start with local trees, or trees that have proven to do well in your climate. I have no knowledge of your local conditions, but others do. Have a look here:



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Auk wrote:

Rmohle wrote: sorry for posting

There's no such thing as an instant-bonsai.

True. But that doesn't mean we can have much fun (and learn a lot) from working cheap beginner material.

At Robert; it seems you might have pruned a lot away indeed. Did you make a photo before you started? I'd let the tree grow for a full year (fertilize it too) and with the new growth start shaping the tree a bit further.

Keep it up!

PS, this might help too:

Oscar wrote: True. But that doesn't mean we can have much fun (and learn a lot) from working cheap beginner material.

Especially when it concerns better starter material, like what you posted.
I don't think though that we should 'trim the hell out of it'. It sounds so... disrespectful.