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🌲 roshi

Juniperus · juniper bonsai

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Light Full sun · Lives OUTSIDE (needs winter cold) · Water when topsoil dries · Pets mostly fine

🧬 genusJuniperus💧 waterWhen topsoil dries, never soggy🪨 soilGritty, sharp-draining conifer mix🐾 pets✅ Mostly fine, berries upset tummies🌱 feed~every 45 days in season

⚔️ arena card

🌲 roshiTurtle Hermit
lv 55
HP6
MP6
ATK6
DEF7
SPD3
🏟️ Florida +1 (cold-hardy)
✦ Kamehameha the old master, hardy as the juniper he is.

"I was old when your grandfather was young. Patience is a weapon."

⏳ then → now

roshi then
then · 2026-03-24
roshi now
now · 2026-06-10

3 months surviving the Florida arena

📸 babies → now 2

roshi 1
2026-03-24
roshi 2
2026-06-10 · first day on the grow shelf

🪴 care

📝 log

🌿 identification

Genus Juniperus (juniper). Fine blue-green scale and needle foliage. Exact species still unknown. Common bonsai ones are J. procumbens 'Nana' and J. chinensis.