juniper brittleness?
 

hello,

you guys are very helpful for my last couple of questions so i was wondering
if you could help me with one more.

im new to banzai and was wondering if this time of year banzai are usually
brittle? I dont see any dead needles but i did accidently touch it and some
fell off. was wondering if this was a bad sign. it seems there are some new
branches growing though?