# Japanese Black Pine - browning tips **URL:** \ **Category:** Beginners\ **Created:** [June 2, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/japanese-black-pine-browning-tips/9688 "2022-06-02T22:04:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![timr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@timr](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/timr)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/japanese-black-pine-browning-tips/9688/1 "2022-06-02T22:04:44Z")
I’m not sure if I’m ready to tackle a JBP. I bought this one last week. It had some problem branches that I removed - All were coming from the same internode at the top. I kept what I felt was the most interesting branch. Last couple of days I’ve noticed the tips going brown. I looked for borers and didn’t see any. I’II holding back on watering - though I don’t feel like I’m over watering. The first day of winter was 2 days ago here in Sydney. From my research, I was under the impression I could prune things back. It’s not that cold here 8-9c at it’s coldest. Did I mess up and kill the tree by pruning it? I took about 50% off. ![E07690DE-C9D1-44AB-BCBA-214BEE18BC38_1_102_o](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/3X/7/c/7c0f32287710b83147c6d53e39c71aec40966ff3.jpeg) ![77BC9532-4578-4426-B7A3-D50602069A9B_1_102_o](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/3X/a/f/af6989e0585431cf880611ebe281af38ed344565.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![CoffeeCherry](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/coffeecherry/32/467_2.png) [@CoffeeCherry](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/CoffeeCherry)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/japanese-black-pine-browning-tips/9688/2 "2022-06-03T19:05:37Z")
It might be just too much watering. On the second picture it looks quite wet. Pines do prefer drier conditions and less frequent watering. Tips turning yellow-brown indicates wet roots which looks like it to me in your case. ---
**Author:** ![MartyWeiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@MartyWeiser](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/MartyWeiser)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/japanese-black-pine-browning-tips/9688/3 "2022-06-03T19:55:44Z")
Foliage removal combined with cooler, less sunny winter conditions will result in much less need for water. You may only need to water once every 2 - 3 weeks depending upon how much wind they see. ---
**Author:** ![timr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@timr](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/timr)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/japanese-black-pine-browning-tips/9688/4 "2022-06-04T05:28:42Z")
Thank you for the advice. I haven’t watered in a week and it looks to have stablized… fingers crossed. ---
**Author:** ![Roby64](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/roby64/32/25097_2.png) [@Roby64](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Roby64)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/japanese-black-pine-browning-tips/9688/5 "2022-06-10T13:08:04Z")
Probabilmente è un problema di eccessiva umidità nel vaso. Tienilo più asciutto e vedi come reagiscono gli aghi. ---
**Author:** ![Roby64](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/roby64/32/25097_2.png) [@Roby64](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Roby64)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/japanese-black-pine-browning-tips/9688/6 "2022-06-26T23:50:01Z")
Hi tim,as always says Ryan,in the pot you have to maintain the right balance between H2O and O2…tilt the pot to one side,this will help you balance water and oxigen. Good luck!