ShivaWolf
Seed
Hi all,
I would like to thank Graydon for his introducing me to this forum and for the japanese black pine that I purchased from him which is doing well.
I have been in love with the art of Bonsai since, well for many years. I do have a past of unfortunately killing a couple with kindness around 5 years or so ago. That was enough to scare me away for awhile.
Recently I purchased some really cool well written books and have been educating myself through those and the web. I have (according to family and friends) a green thumb, my house is full of plants.
Through that success and the knowledge gained from the books, I have taken the leap back into the bonsai world. I am going with indoor and outdoor bonsai. The indoor includes a really cute looking desert rose that I purchased as half price because it was half dead. I have new leaves, and new growth and will soon transplant into a more appealing pot. I have a cute baby ficus, low branches and a nice crown of leaves which I will let mature a few years before attempting to train.
For outdoor (which is living in the basement at this time due to being in Zone 3) a 3 year old stick which is a japanese maple. A norwegion spruce, which is my first attempt in training. I got carried away with this one and messed up the no. 2 branch, but if successful has nice above ground roots which imho makes up for the weak branch. This is my FIRST so I forgive my mistakes.
And now a wonderful looking black pine.
My big question, my cry for help involves my newest acquisition which i received in the mail yesterday. It is a 26'' TALL ROOTS OVER ROCK FICUS.
Below is the picture of the plant prior to it shipping to me. After opening it last night I immediately watered well and will be transplanting it to a comfortable pot until it settles in and spruces up. I looked really wilted when I took it out. This morning I was hoping to see it perked up a bit. It looks worse!!
HELP
Its leaves look dark (they did last night but I thought it was just poor lighting and I could not see it well) they are curled up, there is leaf drop page, which I expected, but not this much.
So all leaves are curled, most are dark in color, the roots appear to be almost moldy? I need to change container and get a good look at the roots.
I need to know the best soil type to put it in and what is the best next move. I feel if I do the wrong thing today it will not make it
Help!

I would like to thank Graydon for his introducing me to this forum and for the japanese black pine that I purchased from him which is doing well.
I have been in love with the art of Bonsai since, well for many years. I do have a past of unfortunately killing a couple with kindness around 5 years or so ago. That was enough to scare me away for awhile.
Recently I purchased some really cool well written books and have been educating myself through those and the web. I have (according to family and friends) a green thumb, my house is full of plants.
Through that success and the knowledge gained from the books, I have taken the leap back into the bonsai world. I am going with indoor and outdoor bonsai. The indoor includes a really cute looking desert rose that I purchased as half price because it was half dead. I have new leaves, and new growth and will soon transplant into a more appealing pot. I have a cute baby ficus, low branches and a nice crown of leaves which I will let mature a few years before attempting to train.
For outdoor (which is living in the basement at this time due to being in Zone 3) a 3 year old stick which is a japanese maple. A norwegion spruce, which is my first attempt in training. I got carried away with this one and messed up the no. 2 branch, but if successful has nice above ground roots which imho makes up for the weak branch. This is my FIRST so I forgive my mistakes.
And now a wonderful looking black pine.
My big question, my cry for help involves my newest acquisition which i received in the mail yesterday. It is a 26'' TALL ROOTS OVER ROCK FICUS.
Below is the picture of the plant prior to it shipping to me. After opening it last night I immediately watered well and will be transplanting it to a comfortable pot until it settles in and spruces up. I looked really wilted when I took it out. This morning I was hoping to see it perked up a bit. It looks worse!!
HELP
Its leaves look dark (they did last night but I thought it was just poor lighting and I could not see it well) they are curled up, there is leaf drop page, which I expected, but not this much.
So all leaves are curled, most are dark in color, the roots appear to be almost moldy? I need to change container and get a good look at the roots.
I need to know the best soil type to put it in and what is the best next move. I feel if I do the wrong thing today it will not make it
Help!