Leather
Seedling
As a newcomer to bonsai, I made something of a rookie error.
I bought a Chinese holly from a specialist bonsai nursery during September / October that I bought as an ”indoor bonsai” . This was before I had really appreciated that there isn’t really such a thing. When I bought it, it was stored in poly covered greenhouse. As a result it had been inside since It’s purchase. By the time I learned it should have been outdoors, the season and temperatures meant it was too late to move outdoors.
I’m now trying to nurse it to the springtime where I can work with it, place it outdoor and try to reinvigorate it. In the meantime I have a tree that I’m struggling to diagnose the problem And wonder if people can help please.
i have leaves that feel dry and some are dropping off. They are curled up. When I posted a picture of this on a Facebook page, the advice I got was the tree looked dry both in the leaves and the trunk. Additionally the advice was to keep it watered, gently each day, until there was run off from the hole in the base of the pot.
I did this, doing this gently until the first water ran out of the hole and stopped in an effort to avoid over watering. Doing so, I barely had to water it before the excess was running out of the hole. I’ve also been testing the soil moisture with a small stick and even if I’m not watering for a while, the soil doesn’t appear to be dry.
The leaves however do not seem to be responding and the trunk still seems the same colour. I’m also trying to mist the leaves frequently.
I had stored it in my kitchen against the only window in the house not near a radiator, but I was concerned that as this faced in a northerly direction the light at this time of year would be insufficient. I moved it yesterday to a south facing window but that unfortunately has a radiator under it. I’m therefore opening the window to keep it as cool as possible.
The tree isn’t obviously dying but nor does it seem to be drawing the water up through its network And certainly isn’t thriving.
it’s my first bonsai and I’ve become particularly attached to it on that basis so don‘treally want to lose it. I was wondering if members had any advice on where i might be going wrong and how to help it get to the springtime when I’ll move it outside.
Thanks in advance.
I bought a Chinese holly from a specialist bonsai nursery during September / October that I bought as an ”indoor bonsai” . This was before I had really appreciated that there isn’t really such a thing. When I bought it, it was stored in poly covered greenhouse. As a result it had been inside since It’s purchase. By the time I learned it should have been outdoors, the season and temperatures meant it was too late to move outdoors.
I’m now trying to nurse it to the springtime where I can work with it, place it outdoor and try to reinvigorate it. In the meantime I have a tree that I’m struggling to diagnose the problem And wonder if people can help please.
i have leaves that feel dry and some are dropping off. They are curled up. When I posted a picture of this on a Facebook page, the advice I got was the tree looked dry both in the leaves and the trunk. Additionally the advice was to keep it watered, gently each day, until there was run off from the hole in the base of the pot.
I did this, doing this gently until the first water ran out of the hole and stopped in an effort to avoid over watering. Doing so, I barely had to water it before the excess was running out of the hole. I’ve also been testing the soil moisture with a small stick and even if I’m not watering for a while, the soil doesn’t appear to be dry.
The leaves however do not seem to be responding and the trunk still seems the same colour. I’m also trying to mist the leaves frequently.
I had stored it in my kitchen against the only window in the house not near a radiator, but I was concerned that as this faced in a northerly direction the light at this time of year would be insufficient. I moved it yesterday to a south facing window but that unfortunately has a radiator under it. I’m therefore opening the window to keep it as cool as possible.
The tree isn’t obviously dying but nor does it seem to be drawing the water up through its network And certainly isn’t thriving.
it’s my first bonsai and I’ve become particularly attached to it on that basis so don‘treally want to lose it. I was wondering if members had any advice on where i might be going wrong and how to help it get to the springtime when I’ll move it outside.
Thanks in advance.
