Help with Fukien Tea Bonsai

Tsparks90

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I recently just bought the beautiful tree about 2 weeks ago, when it arrived it had a lot of foliage on it. But I had to repot being that the pot it came in was fully damaged. So I repotted in so we’ll draining bonsai soil. It was doing good for the first several days, then all of the leaves started falling off. The soil is moist but not to moist, and the water drains perfectly. Don’t know exactly what I’m doing wrong. Or if it is starting to die. I slightly scratched a small portion of the trunk and it’s still green underneath. I’m in Arizona so don’t know if it’s too hot here for it.
 

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19Mateo83

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Welcome to the nut house! Be patient, it may have shed its leaves due to change of environment/shipping/transplant shock. Let it do it’s thing.
 

Tsparks90

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I watered it when I had reported it. So should I give it some time before I repot it? And when exactly should I fertilize my bonsai?
 

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It is a tropical plant so it should be outside. I would keep it in the shade for now until new leaves grow. After you have good growth and the tree has bounced back, I would start fertilizing.

Here are my notes on it:

Fukien Tea

PARTIAL SUN

FERTILIZE EVERY WEEK SOIL MUST BE MOIST from spring to autumn

Repot every 2 years in spring, root prune lightly, less than 10%

Cut new shoots of 2 to 3 leaves after developing 6 to 8 leaves any time in the year to promote bifurcation.

Wire any time of the year
 

Tsparks90

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so I should wait till
Leaves start to grow before I fertilize the tree?
 

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Yes ,wait till leaves start putting out then use a low NPK fertilizer diluted.
 

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Welcome to Crazy!

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