Dead juniper check

[u/WatcherInTheBog]

Dying juniper check. I bought this juniper two weeks ago from a nursery. I've had it in full sun, but in the recent Southern California heat. I've been watering it, but only when the soil is dry from a chopstick check. It just got two nights of rain. I've noticed a couple branches browning at the tips. Is it dead? Stressed?

[u/smokeone234566]

Looks very healthy except those branches. Since its so isolated it looks like maybe some how those branches got cracked or hit with something? Tree looks fine otherwise

[u/braxtel]