# San Jose juniper **URL:** \ **Category:** Horticulture\ **Created:** [November 10, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/san-jose-juniper/10095 "2022-11-10T19:36:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Npr90irl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c68b51/32.png) [@Npr90irl](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Npr90irl)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/san-jose-juniper/10095/1 "2022-11-10T19:36:06Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/3X/d/3/d34d99c57d0210a73eb1a6ad8ed60bbcc57a2b3c.jpeg) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/3X/5/7/572acbf7b3684ced9e3c92c4316d2f8d69f525b4.jpeg) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/3X/d/5/d5b020b2c04fb13adb72c7728dc63485a26804d9.jpeg) So I’ve been very fortunate thus far where all of my trees are healthy. I got this tree in August I believe. This sort of graying and browning has been happening basically since I got it. It isn’t large twigs or branches at a time so I thought time might deal with it. Is this phomopsis or something else? It is a variegated San Jose. ---
**Author:** ![Alan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Alan](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Alan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/san-jose-juniper/10095/2 "2023-01-03T16:37:29Z")
So definitely some tip necrosis. Doesn’t look homogenous, but a lot of it seems to be limited to new growth. So it could be phomopsis yes. Having said that i see some older die back and some damage to individual needles, so could also be scale. Maybe both. This could help in identification: [https://live.bonsaimirai.com/library/video/phomopsis-identification](https://live.bonsaimirai.com/library/video/phomopsis-identification) Also important to remember, variegated varieties stress more easily and photosynthesise less effectively so if there has been a misstep in the culture at some point, it could also be causing the issue. Stress can also trigger phomopsis outbreaks as well. \*edit- Just noticed now, a few months had passed. How is she looking? ---
**Author:** ![Npr90irl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c68b51/32.png) [@Npr90irl](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Npr90irl)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/san-jose-juniper/10095/3 "2023-01-03T17:03:29Z")
A lot better. I hit it two times with copper fungicide and kept it separate from my other trees. We’ll see in April. Thanks for the response.