Recent content by LaFlamme

Thank you for the reply, I feel like everything finally caught up to it. The tree went through a lot, especially at the hands of a beginner and seemed to not be "stressed" or didn't show any signs for awhile (or maybe it did and I am just unaware of them). Thanks for the advice, I will do what...

Can anyone help? My tree's leaves have gotten far worse over the last few days. Some have turned almost completely yellow and fell off...not to mention new leaves growing very badly...and a few new leaves have yellowed at the stem and fell off as well. I am puzzled at what could be causing this...

I believe so, however, when I went to repot it I never found any on the roots...but maybe I just couldn't see them or sprayed them off. I also didn't look very hard because I wanted to get the roots into the hot water bath... I just don't understand if I had root mealy bugs on my tree, why have...

Hello B-nut form, I had some questions about my golden gate ficus. Specifically it's leaves, they look very yellow and I am not sure why.... Little background info... 1) tree has been infested with root mealy bugs 2) has been repotted twice within two months, first to trim up roots and replace...

You can see by the pictures what I mean. The white powdery stuff I'm assuming is from the mealy bugs taking a stroll around the base of my trunk.....I didn't realize that all that soil was compacted and wet inside that part of my trunk, so I removed it all cause I thought maybe some bugs were...

Sorry for the confusion, just root mealy bugs. When I say they were on the trunk, I mean, I saw one crawling around the base of the tree's trunk right at the soil level, after dug up a little bit of soil around there. Look at the picture I uploaded to see what I'm talking about, don't know why I...

I see, I will keep that method in mind for a last resort. I'm not a huge fan of chemicals, but aren't completely against them if it means saving my tree. Thanks for your reply!

Well, I repotted my tree yet again, 4-5 weeks ago and now today...let's see how my ficus handles it. I ended up removing it from its pot, knocking out most of the soil by hand and root rake, then used hot water and tried to spray the rest of the soil out of the roots. Gave the roots a nice 120...

Thanks for the reply, when you say submerge it. Do you mean mix this stuff up in a gallon bucket or something and dip the whole pot into it? If so, how long should I let it sit in the solution and soak up the insecticide? Would I need to wash the product out later with water or something? I'm...

I do have a fan running to cool my grow light and blows air over the top of the tree. It's a small clip fan, so it's not putting much air out over the top, and plus it turns off at night. I guess I'll cycle it 24/7 now and get another to circulate more airflow. They were centipedes, I'm...

Thanks for the replies, I updated my profile, and am in zone 6b. I am also positive I have a mealy bug infestation. I have found and picked some off the tree. Also I keep finding their white cottony mold stuff all over the trunk of my tree. I had another question as well.... I also have been...

I am a beginner at bonsai so take my opinion lightly, some trees are more tolerant to repotting than others. Ficus for example seems to be a pretty tough tree species, I even personally repotted mine in late May and it has done fine. If you repot it, I would say don't prune too many roots due to...

I am new to bonsai, but grow indoors as well. I am not in the best place either to grow outdoors... but yet I am still here too. You have very beautiful looking trees, especially that tiger bark ficus, I hope mine can come out healthy like that. However, I would say that the amount of light in...

Hello bonsai nut forum, I am in a dilemma with my Ficus Microcarpa (Golden gate/tiger bark). I have been battling root mealy bugs since I recieved this mistreated tree from one of the "puppy mills" of bonsai online stores. I am new to bonsai and started probably well over a month ago. I have...