Couple of questions - has it been inside for some length of time? If so, easing it out into an unheated garage or unheated porch first might be beneficial.
If the ground is still workable (it was 10 days ago, but now.....) bury the pot to the rim in the ground and then mulch. That's how we deal with our bonsai each winter (in Connecticut.) Your pot-in-pot concept is on the right track - it should do the trick for a little while. And yes, it NEEDS the dormant period each winter. Juniper will not survive inside for any length of time. An excellent - and nearby - resource for you is New England Bonsai Gardens in Bellingham, just off 495. Great plants, great people and good advice! And watch out - this practice can be addictive! Good luck - Sarah Bailey West Hartford, CT -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org] On Behalf Of Sunnye Dreyfus Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 3:47 PM To: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org Subject: [Community_garden] caring for a juniper bonsai HELP! I just got a sweet little juniper bonsai and it says to put it outside (surrounded with mulch), but it's freezing and it's so wee. Since I can't seem to find mulch anywhere, I have placed the pot in a much bigger pot insulated with styrofoam peanuts & soil. Am I kidding myself? Oh, and I put a scarf around it too for good measure. Ha!! I don't want to kill it. Any tips would be extremely appreciated... Sunnye Sunnye Dreyfus Chief Worm Wrangler Wormjava(tm), LLC "A kick in the pants for your plants"(tm) wormjava at gmail.com 617-785-8401 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communit ygarden.org/attachments/20070122/ea3be251/attachment.html _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.c ommunitygarden.org
