I am as green as they come to both forums and bonsai, so please leave the pitchforks in the shed . I have owned a juniper bonsai for a couple months now. Last night, we experienced extremely cold temperatures in my areas, so I brought my tree into my garage (not climate controlled, but warmer than outside). I set my tree on a set of shelves, and they collapsed this morning out of nowhere. I immediately went out to see what happened and saw my tree on the floor. One of the two major branches had broken off, and the majority of the soil had fallen out of the pot. I put all the soil I could back into the pot and hustled off to work to avoid being late. Here is my question: Can I save my tree, or would it just be better to order a new one? If so, what do I need to do? I would love to save this one but I also understand that this is a lot of damage for a young tree. Thanks for you help! Pictures attached.

Not sure if the pictures attached right, sorry if you see duplicates:

Don't worry about it. The tree will recover if nothing happened that caused it to loose a lot of roots.

Just a question. how cold is cold?

Bach563 wrote: please leave the pitchforks in the shed . I have owned a juniper bonsai for a couple months now

Sorry, it was already out of the shed. Where's the photo of your juniper bonsai?

It will survive.
It's a young plant and they recover fast (5 years, let's say).

Clicio wrote: It will survive.
It's a young plant and they recover fast (5 years, let's say).

Thanks

Auk wrote:

Bach563 wrote: please leave the pitchforks in the shed . I have owned a juniper bonsai for a couple months now

Sorry, it was already out of the shed. Where's the photo of your juniper bonsai?

Should be in the first reply, did not post properly on original

leatherback wrote: Don't worry about it. The tree will recover if nothing happened that caused it to loose a lot of roots.

Just a question. how cold is cold?

-5F with -20F wind chill. Can it survive with these temperatures?
Also, do I need to do anything to the wound on the tree?

Dificult one. -5F = ~-20C which is the coldest I experience as peak cold here. I do not use protection on my junipers. When it drops below that I do not know how far it can take..

As for treating the damaged area; I would leave it as is. Juniper generally do not really grow over these places so cutpaste has no function here, I would say.

Bach563 wrote:

Auk wrote:

Bach563 wrote: please leave the pitchforks in the shed . I have owned a juniper bonsai for a couple months now

Sorry, it was already out of the shed. Where's the photo of your juniper bonsai?

Should be in the first reply, did not post properly on original

I did see that photo.