Ryan Cheng
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Hello people of the Bonsai Nut forums,
I've been the proud owner of a Catlin Elm for about two weeks now. As you can probably tell, since that time a white crust/film has developed on the leaves. Upon watering, they do wash off easily but reappear after a day or so. It might just be the doting bonsai owner in me but is this cause for concern?
Some background of my care for the tree:
- it (and I) currently live in LA
- the tree is placed on the windowsill of a fourth floor apartment (I've read just about every post about the inadequacies of keeping trees indoors but it's the best I can do at this point in time)
- I water it whenever the soil is almost dry a 1/2 inch below the surface soil (about every other day); however, I do not mist regularly or at all
- facing the southeast, it doesn't get direct sunlight but apparently Chinese Elms prefer not to (or that's a least what I was told when I bought it from the owner of the bonsai nursery)
- there is fairly sufficient ventilation as there is a near-constant light breeze
The plant does seem otherwise healthy to my untrained eyes, with light green growing tips and little evidence of other stress such as any other browning tips or excessive foliage. From a preliminary read through numerous threads, it could be anything from chalk residue from hard water to scale - or simply the aftermath of its transition to a sub-indoor environment (which is my current fear).
Thanks in advance everyone!
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I've been the proud owner of a Catlin Elm for about two weeks now. As you can probably tell, since that time a white crust/film has developed on the leaves. Upon watering, they do wash off easily but reappear after a day or so. It might just be the doting bonsai owner in me but is this cause for concern?
Some background of my care for the tree:
- it (and I) currently live in LA
- the tree is placed on the windowsill of a fourth floor apartment (I've read just about every post about the inadequacies of keeping trees indoors but it's the best I can do at this point in time)
- I water it whenever the soil is almost dry a 1/2 inch below the surface soil (about every other day); however, I do not mist regularly or at all
- facing the southeast, it doesn't get direct sunlight but apparently Chinese Elms prefer not to (or that's a least what I was told when I bought it from the owner of the bonsai nursery)
- there is fairly sufficient ventilation as there is a near-constant light breeze
The plant does seem otherwise healthy to my untrained eyes, with light green growing tips and little evidence of other stress such as any other browning tips or excessive foliage. From a preliminary read through numerous threads, it could be anything from chalk residue from hard water to scale - or simply the aftermath of its transition to a sub-indoor environment (which is my current fear).
Thanks in advance everyone!
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