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Posted 4 years 3 months ago #55936
I got this little bonsai this last summer, and have been fighting with mold? On the soil and on the base of the tree. Why is this happening?
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Posted 4 years 3 months ago #55938
watering with hard water causing scale buildup, most likely.

Your picture is not clear enough to tell.
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Posted 4 years 2 months ago #56046
I’ve been using bottled water
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Posted 4 years 2 months ago #56065
Usually mould appears in organic wet soils, or around organic slow release fertiliser.
Maybe overwatering it? Is the place around your bonsai too humid?
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Posted 4 years 2 months ago #56071
Once again, if you show a clear picture of the soil, we can see what is going in. So far I am not convinced it is mold
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Posted 4 years 1 month ago #57020
It’s been sitting in the sun room and it’s watering itself, I put water in the pan below and it sucks it up. It’s winter out so there’s not a lot of humidity. I hope this pic is better.
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Posted 4 years 1 month ago #57023

Lunaliz wrote: It’s been sitting in the sun room and it’s watering itself, I put water in the pan below and it sucks it up. It’s winter out so there’s not a lot of humidity. I hope this pic is better.


You have got mold because you put it in a pan with water which it sucks up.

Also, Junipers belong outdoors.
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