Yellow Juniper Bonsai

What causes the yellowing.

Yellow juniper bonsai. The inner branches needles started yellowing. I rinsed the tree well and sprayed with malathion to kill the. Sargentii while others are upright such as juniperus chinensis fairview both perennials in u s. A lack of iron causes the entire juniper bush to yellow while manganese and zinc discolor.

It is a lot tougher than you are so quit fussing with it so much. Yellowing could be too much water. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 9. Micronutrient deficiencies that cause a yellow discoloration include iron manganese molybdenum and zinc.

Center the bonsai in the container and fill it the rest of the way with soil. However we are getting quite worried having read that such yellowing is likely to be caused by a sickness or other problems. Take your bonsai and place it in a sink or bucket if it is fairly large. You said you didn t water it very frequently but you mentioned rain in between.

Allow your bonsai to sit in the water until the bubbles cease to rise. Before the purchase we noticed a slight yellowing of the branches which the seller said was normal. Fill the sink with tepid water so that it reaches about 1 inch above the container s surface. Overwatering is just about the most common newbie mistake with.

Luckily if you have caught the yellowing soon enough the majority of the time a juniper can be saved from dying. My shimpaku juniper appears to be headed downhill. Looked like a typical case of spider mites but the white paper test produced very few critters. Both have scale like foliage with a color ranging from yellowish green to bluish green or grayish green.

The yellowed part will not turn back to green even if you fix the problem. A juniper bonsai turning yellow really isn t a good sign it tends to mean that the tree is slowly but surely dying most likely due to growing indoors as the juniper is an outdoor bonsai. It first started about 3 weeks ago. Some junipers are naturally prostrate such as juniperus chinensis var.

Juniper is extremely cold hardy down to like minus 20 degrees. If all the needles are yellow it s past helping.