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Haha no no, condo has an outside balcony, but because of the walls doesn’t get good light. I finally found someone at a local nursery that’s been doing bonsais for years and he told me during warm months what I’m doing is correct but winter time for 3 months keep it outside in a bin where it will freeze a bit but not freeze burn, our winters get really cold so the bind helps stop some of the frost, he said check biweekly in the juniper?

Junipers are very hardy. When you say your winters gets really cold.....How cold?

I would say it can get as low as -20 C every winter down to -28 C I’ve experienced?

My junipers do fine down to -18. I have not experienced lower than that.

Fair enough, my question would be do you think it’s ok to keep it in a bin outside for those 3 months? Also this juniper is 6 month old so it hasn’t experienced a winter yet.?

This juniper is NOT 6 months old. It has already experienced several winters, I am totally sure without doubt.

If you get a lot of snow were you are, I would suggest to overwinter under 50 cm of snow. That is much more natural and better than a box. But you still need to take transitioning/preparation to winter into concideration. Moving from indoors to outdoors when winter has started will certanly kill it. Moving it outdoors in authum may work, but doing it right now is even better.

Fair enough, how old will you say this is? And this transition, how exactly does a transition work, do u bring it outside for a few hours a day during the cold??

It is impossible to say how old a tree is based on a photo. If it were grown in ground in perfect conditions from seed, I would say 5-7 years. If it was grown from seed in a bonsai pot, more like 10-15 years.

Obiously it can be a hardwood cutting taken 6 months ago. But how old is the tree If it comes from a cutting? It is the same tree as the donor. Is it old as the donor, old as the branch taken or old as the time that has passed since the rooting?

Anyway, If you have a 6 month old hardwood cutting you are up for a real challenge. I keep all my cuttings in the greenhouse for at least 1,5 years. hardwood junipers I would not concider selling to a newbee until 2,5 years. They are very sensitive.

"And this transition, how exactly does a transition work, do u bring it outside for a few hours a day during the cold?"

Trees are evolved in nature. Nature is always colder at night than in the day. Put it outdoors cold days and warm indoors at night will stress them way too much.

Let nature take care of the transition for you. Just put it outdoors well before authum arives. Preferably asap.

Ahh ok fair enough I will look into that. Ya I suppose it’s from a cutting based on what I see, the root ball is like a kids fist size so not that big