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Hi!
I recently (just over two weeks ago) purchased my first bonsai, from a man who sells them in the back of a van in Austin, haha. The trees seem quite healthy, aside from the guy telling me they would be fine inside, which didn't take much research afterwards to find out isn't remotely true, but I digress.
Less than a week after I brought them home, the needles at the tips of what appear to be the newest branches started turning brown, which seems pretty worrying. I tried pinching off just the brown needles from a few branches to see if that was the end of it, but the browning continued =x
I don't think that I've messed up watering, at least not badly? They're in full light in Austin TX, and we've had a few sunny, hot days since I got them, but it's been quite rainy and extremely humid as well, and I've tried keeping up on the watering by using the piece-of-a-chopstick-in-the-pot method. I didn't water every day at first, waiting until the top of the soil seemed to be getting dry, but when they started browning I've been trying to water a bit more often. Everything online just says that they could be either over or underwatered, and that's... not helpful. The man who sold them also claimed they were hardy trees, so maybe that was also just inaccurate?
Here are some photos of the two trees, both of which are exhibiting the issue. I've circled the browning points in red, you can see it's mostly at the tips of the longest branches (furthest from the trunk, I'm assuming it's where the new growth is but I don't actually know haha).
Thank you for taking the time to look and offer any advice or input =) Really hoping my trees can be saved, wouldn't want to get off to such a bad foot.
I recently (just over two weeks ago) purchased my first bonsai, from a man who sells them in the back of a van in Austin, haha. The trees seem quite healthy, aside from the guy telling me they would be fine inside, which didn't take much research afterwards to find out isn't remotely true, but I digress.
Less than a week after I brought them home, the needles at the tips of what appear to be the newest branches started turning brown, which seems pretty worrying. I tried pinching off just the brown needles from a few branches to see if that was the end of it, but the browning continued =x
I don't think that I've messed up watering, at least not badly? They're in full light in Austin TX, and we've had a few sunny, hot days since I got them, but it's been quite rainy and extremely humid as well, and I've tried keeping up on the watering by using the piece-of-a-chopstick-in-the-pot method. I didn't water every day at first, waiting until the top of the soil seemed to be getting dry, but when they started browning I've been trying to water a bit more often. Everything online just says that they could be either over or underwatered, and that's... not helpful. The man who sold them also claimed they were hardy trees, so maybe that was also just inaccurate?
Here are some photos of the two trees, both of which are exhibiting the issue. I've circled the browning points in red, you can see it's mostly at the tips of the longest branches (furthest from the trunk, I'm assuming it's where the new growth is but I don't actually know haha).
Thank you for taking the time to look and offer any advice or input =) Really hoping my trees can be saved, wouldn't want to get off to such a bad foot.
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