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Juniper Lightening In Color Losing color brightness

#1 User is offline   nio16

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Posted 04 November 2009 - 03:02 PM

My precumbens Nana is losing the brightness in color. I am sure its just because of winter, but I just want to make sure. My other Juniper is still a darker green and neither are turning yellow or becoming brittle so I believe its just a part of the natural process in preperation for winter, but I have not experienced this before. My last Juniper croaked before I could make it to winter.

This is natural right?
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 03:04 PM

Many junipers change color in the cold months. As long as it doesn't get to feel brittrle, there nothing to worry about.
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 02:00 AM

If it feels or becomes brittle, what does that mean?
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 03:26 AM

It means that foliage, branch, maybe tree (depending on the spread) is toast. In other words, it usually means you're watering too often (the overwhelming reason junipers die at home).
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Posted 07 November 2009 - 01:48 AM

Check it for spider mite also, as this has happened to me, before with my junipers. One got a bad infestation and I only found out when I noticed it was getting alot lighter in colour.
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