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Hello
I am new to Bonai and on Christmas, i received an 8 years old Carmona Fukien tea Tree and I've had it for a week and the leaves are starting to turn black and the general health of the tree seems down
I have done so much research in the last week on how to keep it alive but no matter what I do it seem to be getting worse and worse.
I water it every day or every other day when the soil starts to become a little dry to the touch and I keep the plant leaves damp with mists of water from time to time.
I have the plant on a window sill and I live in the 6a (Montreal /canada) zone, the shop where it was bought from is also in the same area as mine.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, I keep it inside as directed by the store's professionals and followed all the instructions they gave.
my apartment is heated but i keep a window cracked for it not to become too hot or too cold and the plant is never exposed to the cold wind.
During the night when there is no light i move it away from the window in case it gets too frosty and in the morning i put it back on the window sill.
Yesterday I found some aphids on the underside of most leaves ( they weren't there when I got it ) so I sprayed it with this: https://www.homedepot.ca/product/safer-s-trounce-1l-ready-to-use-yard-garden-insecticide/1000107188
because it said it is also effective against aphids but overnight the leaves turned black in color. ( the aphids are mostly gone)
not sure what I'm doing wrong and I really don't want to kill an 8 yo plant within one week of getting it.
what steps can i take to bring it back to life?
i bought some bonsai fertilizer food that arrives in the next couple of days: https://dyna-gro.com/product/bonsai-pro/#iLightbox[]/0
Should I be removing the dying leaves?
any advice on what i should do regarding watering/placement/fertilizer to bring it back to life?
thanks
this is when i initially received it ( 7 days ago) in full health
this is 5 days after i got it ( some leaves started to lose the green in them and develop brown/black/yellow spots)
this is one week later (today) (yesterday night is when i spared it with the aphids insecticide)
I am new to Bonai and on Christmas, i received an 8 years old Carmona Fukien tea Tree and I've had it for a week and the leaves are starting to turn black and the general health of the tree seems down
I have done so much research in the last week on how to keep it alive but no matter what I do it seem to be getting worse and worse.
I water it every day or every other day when the soil starts to become a little dry to the touch and I keep the plant leaves damp with mists of water from time to time.
I have the plant on a window sill and I live in the 6a (Montreal /canada) zone, the shop where it was bought from is also in the same area as mine.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, I keep it inside as directed by the store's professionals and followed all the instructions they gave.
my apartment is heated but i keep a window cracked for it not to become too hot or too cold and the plant is never exposed to the cold wind.
During the night when there is no light i move it away from the window in case it gets too frosty and in the morning i put it back on the window sill.
Yesterday I found some aphids on the underside of most leaves ( they weren't there when I got it ) so I sprayed it with this: https://www.homedepot.ca/product/safer-s-trounce-1l-ready-to-use-yard-garden-insecticide/1000107188
because it said it is also effective against aphids but overnight the leaves turned black in color. ( the aphids are mostly gone)
not sure what I'm doing wrong and I really don't want to kill an 8 yo plant within one week of getting it.
what steps can i take to bring it back to life?
i bought some bonsai fertilizer food that arrives in the next couple of days: https://dyna-gro.com/product/bonsai-pro/#iLightbox[]/0
Should I be removing the dying leaves?
any advice on what i should do regarding watering/placement/fertilizer to bring it back to life?
thanks
this is when i initially received it ( 7 days ago) in full health
this is 5 days after i got it ( some leaves started to lose the green in them and develop brown/black/yellow spots)
this is one week later (today) (yesterday night is when i spared it with the aphids insecticide)
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