Juniper squamata

[eugenev2]

Hi all,
I've had this juniper squamata for a little over a year now, with nothing done to it except attempts at wiring. So does anyone have any idea what this is? Any concern to not do a first repotting of this tree? Otherwise It looks healthy and has grown a decent amount over the last year

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Looks like spider mite damage to me.
If you shake a branch above a piece of paper and then rub your finger over the tiny dots and they leave streaks, it's spider mites you just squished.

Treat with a miticide.

 

[Shibui]

Juniper squamata usually has needle foliage. That foliage looks much more like J. chinensis.
Check for mites but the majority of tips seem to be healthy and growing so probably not too much to worry about unless it gets worse.
Brown tips can be symptom of a range of different problems - not enough water, too much water, not enough sun, mites, scale, physical damage and more.
Those brown tips are well back on the shoots so either something has been very selective and only attacked some tips or the damage occurred quite some time ago.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

I don't see any brown tips except for the emerging pollen cones, which aren't a cause for concern. This is that time of year where most junipers start making them in the northern hemisphere.

 

[eugenev2]

Looks like spider mite damage to me.
If you shake a branch above a piece of paper and then rub your finger over the tiny dots and they leave streaks, it's spider mites you just squished.

Treat with a miticide.

Thanks i'll give that a try tomorrow

 

[eugenev2]

Juniper squamata usually has needle foliage. That foliage looks much more like J. chinensis.
Check for mites but the majority of tips seem to be healthy and growing so probably not too much to worry about unless it gets worse.
Brown tips can be symptom of a range of different problems - not enough water, too much water, not enough sun, mites, scale, physical damage and more.
Those brown tips are well back on the shoots so either something has been very selective and only attacked some tips or the damage occurred quite some time ago.

Ah thanks, i had my doubts on the variety for some time, but bought this one together with another which where both sold as squamata but their characteristics look very different...have been scared to post pictures of that one as it looks very unhealthy...it could be possible that this one is slowly being infected by visitors from the other.

 

[defra]

Squamata has blueishgreen needje growth so this one us other type of juniper.
Ive had a squamata for a couple years but ive sold the tree it was neglected when i got it and booming healthy when i sold it they are odd for bonsai and need lots of care to keep compacted.
Dont be ashamed to pist pictures of an ill tree as people with experience can help you and point in a direction to help it get healthy again.

 

[eugenev2]

Don't have any good pictures of the foliage at the moment, but a bit embarrassed as i did a number of things wrong with this one. So to provide some context, when i bought this it had some dried up foliage, but not a lot, probably the first mistake. Then i commenced with an attempt to wire some of the branches, which resulted in them cracking. At that point i didn't know yet that parts of junipers can stay green for some time after actually being dead, so a few months afterwards when the foliage started dying, i thought the cause was most likely the garden soil it was in, so i decided to repot it in slightly better draining soil, because i thought it was the water retention causing the issue. Altogether i made a number of mistakes and a year later of not doing anything to it, it still looks very unhappy

 

[NeedlesAndLeaves]

The last pictures seems like squamata.
They always keep needle foliage.
It still has green to it but it looks like a far way gone to me.

I have had some to practise with. They sting like hell but things can be done with them.
But it is different from a scale foliage juniper.

This link had a nice care guide for squamata junipers, maybe it can be helpfull to you!

Blue Star Juniper Bonsai Care (Juniperus squamata)

Learn everything you need about Blue Star Juniper bonsai care. A fantastic species for beginners.

www.bonsaiable.com