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What am I doing wrong - Karate Kid

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Posted 3 years 7 months ago #62870
Do you think I am under- or over-watering this juniper my kids got me?
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Posted 3 years 7 months ago #62871
do you keep it inside or out? Trees die inside!
Soil looks wet ( but you could have wateren it just before taking the picture)
Why is it standing on top of these pebbles?
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Posted 3 years 7 months ago #62886
It's outside. Soil is slightly moist but I'm guessing dry. Stones is to allow for humidity tray. I was trying NOT to over-water and just spraying the soil every few days but maybe it needs a periodic deep watering? It's the brown needles that's concerning me. Thanks.
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Posted 3 years 7 months ago #62888
It needs to be watered thoroughly: take a garden hose or a water can and water till it spills from the drainage hole. Next watering not on a schedule but when soil feels dry to the touch.
Needles already look very dry so it could be too late already.
The humidity tray does nothing, you can throw it away.
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Posted 3 years 7 months ago #62920
What's a ROUGH rule of thumb - deep watering every how many days?
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Posted 3 years 7 months ago #62921

CedarTree wrote: What's a ROUGH rule of thumb - deep watering every how many days?


There isn't a rule by day. Obviously, if it rains two inches/five centimeters every day you don't need to water. If it doesn't rain for a week you probably need to.

If the plants are looking a little wilted you should have watered earlier. If the soil looks and feels dry, you should water.
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Posted 3 years 7 months ago #62929
spraying the soil with water is a bad idea. Just water when the surface starts to get dry. You have a lot of organics in there, so you have a little harder substrate. For me, it means watering daily for most of the year. Only in fall/winter I water less. In hot summer wehather I water twice a day
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Posted 3 years 6 months ago #63085
Oh my geez, they are lovely. I want one, still a beginner.
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Posted 3 years 4 months ago #64345
Besides watering I think you should take the dry foliage out.
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