CliffWaves
Seed
Hello friends.
I am a new bonsai owner (since early february/late january). I have been gifted a carmona by a friend who happened to find a few bonsai at a flower shop. She didn't know the first thing about bonsai, and for that matter neither did I at the time.
She knew I have an appreciation for (and practice methods of) zen buddhism, and japanese culture, so she thought this would make a nice gift.
I only later realized carmona is a high demand and otherwise difficult bonsai to maintain. I have done my best to take care of it, but as of the early middle weeks of this month, I caught corona. This has impacted my ability to take care of the bonsai as the infection affected my health in an unusually violent manner. Most affected was the watering schedule; Where the carmona prefers to be watered every 1 and a half days, I would water it every 2 or 3 days.
I ask for your assistance. The pictures attached detail the progress of the carmona: First picture is day one, second picture are the first bright sunny days of spring (having been fertilized and watered thoroughly). After a few weeks of warm spring (sunny, 15 degrees celsius), the temperature dropped locally to 0 degrees celcius and the sun wouldn't shine for an extended period of time.
The 3rd picture details this fact. The tea tree would shed one or two dozen leaves every day. My watering, air, misting and fertilizing schedule hasn't changed. Or, it has recovered since I recovered from corona. I use liquid fertilizer every week, more or less as instructed on the bottles. The bottles recommend a diluted dose of fertilizer every 2 weeks aprox, but every 1 week during the spring period and once every month during the winter period.
I believe it has suffered most harshly from the lack of sun in the region I live in. This isn't something I can control ultimately. But if you think there is something I can do to prevent this carmona from dying, please let me know.
The final 2 pictures are from today, where the yellowing and browning of the leaves has worsened to its greatest extent. What is the ideal course of action now?
Thank you.
I am a new bonsai owner (since early february/late january). I have been gifted a carmona by a friend who happened to find a few bonsai at a flower shop. She didn't know the first thing about bonsai, and for that matter neither did I at the time.
She knew I have an appreciation for (and practice methods of) zen buddhism, and japanese culture, so she thought this would make a nice gift.
I only later realized carmona is a high demand and otherwise difficult bonsai to maintain. I have done my best to take care of it, but as of the early middle weeks of this month, I caught corona. This has impacted my ability to take care of the bonsai as the infection affected my health in an unusually violent manner. Most affected was the watering schedule; Where the carmona prefers to be watered every 1 and a half days, I would water it every 2 or 3 days.
I ask for your assistance. The pictures attached detail the progress of the carmona: First picture is day one, second picture are the first bright sunny days of spring (having been fertilized and watered thoroughly). After a few weeks of warm spring (sunny, 15 degrees celsius), the temperature dropped locally to 0 degrees celcius and the sun wouldn't shine for an extended period of time.
The 3rd picture details this fact. The tea tree would shed one or two dozen leaves every day. My watering, air, misting and fertilizing schedule hasn't changed. Or, it has recovered since I recovered from corona. I use liquid fertilizer every week, more or less as instructed on the bottles. The bottles recommend a diluted dose of fertilizer every 2 weeks aprox, but every 1 week during the spring period and once every month during the winter period.
I believe it has suffered most harshly from the lack of sun in the region I live in. This isn't something I can control ultimately. But if you think there is something I can do to prevent this carmona from dying, please let me know.
The final 2 pictures are from today, where the yellowing and browning of the leaves has worsened to its greatest extent. What is the ideal course of action now?
Thank you.