Watering is important in bonsai gardening. But shade is not enough, you have to keep your plant where it can receive morning sunlight directly. As well as the new place must be able to give shade to the tree. Keep it in a place where you can see it often. As well as you have to give a new position to your juniper tree. If the soil is dry, The root system Should be dry and it will take a while to revive. ġ.Observe whether your plant’s soil has enough moist.Ĭheck the soil as I told earlier and if you feel the soil is dry, you have to follow the next steps. Always check the dampness of the soil and water it.ĭon’t estimate the wetness of soil by only looking at the upper layer of soil. Always keep a routine to water your plants. This may have happened to your brittle juniper bonsai tree as well. So plants start to dry and it causes brittle needles and brittle leaves. Without A healthy root system your bonsai tree can’t absorb water. Because of all those things roots begin to rot. Roots want good ventilation to absorb oxygen for their purposes, but water in soil doesn’t allow air to go through the soil so roots begin to get sick.Īs well as destructive bacterias starts to attack the roots of the plant. Some destructive bacterias are getting active.If a plant is overwatered, the humidity of soil rises and it causes bad results. There are such bad effects of overwatering a plant. But how an over watered tree can be dried up and brittle.Īn over watered tree with brittle leaves. As you know brittle bonsai is a result of drying.
Brittle juniper bonsai trees can be a result of over watering.