leatherback wrote: OK, have fun with it!

Your current picture is a Ginseng? Seriously? :lol:

MsDebra wrote: I read that I should be pinching new growth because a pruner will turn the foliage brown -which is what ruined my previous attempt on a different tree.TYVVM☺️

No it won't... at least, it doesn't on my juniper.
So you should not pinch junipers. Or you should... get read ready for your first controversy:
bonsaibark.com/2012/09/01/pinch-dont-pinch/

Referring to the profile pic leatherback

Auk- I read about pinching on this very website. It sucks because the foliage is like tiny needles- ouch... Ouch... oUCH! Ty again

Auk wrote: Your current picture is a Ginseng? Seriously? :lol:

Took everyone long enough to notice . Did you notice the addon in the footer?

MsDebra wrote: Referring to the profile pic leatherback

Sorry.. The profile picture is not one of my plants. It was just a response to certain posts we have had on this forum, a wave of which hit maybe the last month or so. I will put one of my trees on again once I have a decent picture.

MsDebra wrote: Referring to the profile pic leatherback

Yeah... that's not a bonsai.

About pinching:
If you read that site, you'll know that they advice NOT to pinch.