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My hubs got a juniper bonsai last summer. Unfortunately it was t fertilized properly. We live in Chicago. It was kept outdoors till weather got to 40's then brought into our unheated garage for the winter. We brought it back out this past month when weather reached a constant 50's This week it's finally up to 80's. But Chicago weather is random. Anyways. It wasn't watered much during the winter.
It looks pretty sad now. Lots of the " spikes/leaves...idk what they are called" are falling off and are brown. We do have green parts tho. We have dyna-gro ferts from last year. I just mixed up a new batch and watered and misted it. Any advice ? Help please.

can you take a picture and post it?

Here are some pics



Ugh. It keeps telling me that my pics are too big. I'm doing this from my cell. Not sure how to resize

DRento wrote: Here are some pics



Ugh. It keeps telling me that my pics are too big. I'm doing this from my cell. Not sure how to resize

Open it with paint, on the upper left hit resize. Done

Thanks. But on my phone ( iPhone) I don't see a paint option

I was able to save one pic of it as my avatar if that helps

DRento wrote: I was able to save one pic of it as my avatar if that helps

What I see on your avatar is a juniper that has been very dead for quite some time already.

Yeah, looks pretty dead. I'm guessing the green bits on it are crunchy and dry, too?

It looks dead. I am sorry. Post a bigger picture whenever you get time, folks here might help you save it if there is any chance... any new growth?.
Just remember, Junipers need watering in winter. not as much as summer of course, but they still do! NEVER let a tree go bone dry!. It is sad because you did the right thing bringing the juniper to an unheated garage to keep the roots from freezing. Keep in mind though next time, junipers can survive 40 farenheit no problem, so maybe you took it in too soon? it wasn't dormant yet, and needed more sunlight?.

Anyway, cause of death from your description was probably lack of water. Worry about temps when they reach the teens. Anything over 40 can wake up your tree which is not good on winter, and your shed might have gotten too warm. 50 is quite warm for some Junipers too. Where I live temperature was on the 50s - 60s last week, 40s-50s two weeks ago, 30s 40s at night. And all my Junipers were growing new shoots...

Oh bummer. I was hoping since there was still green that there was hope