HeroAKKD
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Hi everyone,
I would like to ask you all for advice on how to save my bonsai tree. I have this tree for the past three years and I believe that this is a privet bonsai tree that is approximately 13 years old. As this was my first bonsai tree, initially I did not know how to take care of it. For the first year, I was alternating between over watering and under watering the tree. I believe that this had then made all the branches loose their leaves. Firstly one entire branch, then a second and so on. As I was very inexperienced, I thought that it would be a good idea to repot the bonsai and prune its roots (as there were signs of root rot). After the reporting, many new shoots started growing out of the bonsai (this was about a year ago), but no leaves grew on the old branches... I still do not understand why this happened?
Then I have actually cut off the majority of the old branches and allowed some of the thicker new shoots to take their place. My reasoning behind this was that there was no use of branches to the bonsai without many leaves. For some time the bonsai appeared to be doing very well. It had many leaves, and the shoots that took place of the branches became thicker and thicker. However, I believe that I was still not watering properly and all the leaves once again we're gone.
Recently, I have started reading about bonsai and have met people that give me good advice. To monitor my watering, I now have a stick in the soil which I feel every day. I only water if the stick is nearly completely dry. I have started doing this about a month ago. Since then, some new shoots started to grow which you can see on the photographs. Some leaves even started growing on the old "branches" (which are not the original ones which I removed). But now, I have another problem. Initially, new leaves look health. After a week or two, they become as if "soggy/weak" and a mark appears on them which you can see on one of the photos. Then, yet after another week, the leaves appear to dry out completely and fall off. I also have a photo of the dried leaves. I really do not know what I am doing wrong and how I could save my bonsai. I also do not want to experiment with it so I would really appreciate some advice on what I am doing wrong and what I should do. One last thing is that I am not using a fertiliser for some time now as the bonsai is not healthy.
I have also attached some photos of my bonsai . The first two photos (hero 6 and 9) show what it looks like in general and that it is very weak as it barely has any leaves. The next photo (hero 5) shows what new leaves look like for about 1-2 weeks and I think they look healthy. The next two photos (hero 2 and 1) show what I meant by "soggy/weak" and what the mark looks like. The next photo (hero 3) shows how the leaves die as if because they had dried. The very last photo just shows some of the bonsai's leaves.
Thanks for your time taken to read this and for any advice you have. I am really keen to learn! Any comments are much appreciated
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I would like to ask you all for advice on how to save my bonsai tree. I have this tree for the past three years and I believe that this is a privet bonsai tree that is approximately 13 years old. As this was my first bonsai tree, initially I did not know how to take care of it. For the first year, I was alternating between over watering and under watering the tree. I believe that this had then made all the branches loose their leaves. Firstly one entire branch, then a second and so on. As I was very inexperienced, I thought that it would be a good idea to repot the bonsai and prune its roots (as there were signs of root rot). After the reporting, many new shoots started growing out of the bonsai (this was about a year ago), but no leaves grew on the old branches... I still do not understand why this happened?
Then I have actually cut off the majority of the old branches and allowed some of the thicker new shoots to take their place. My reasoning behind this was that there was no use of branches to the bonsai without many leaves. For some time the bonsai appeared to be doing very well. It had many leaves, and the shoots that took place of the branches became thicker and thicker. However, I believe that I was still not watering properly and all the leaves once again we're gone.
Recently, I have started reading about bonsai and have met people that give me good advice. To monitor my watering, I now have a stick in the soil which I feel every day. I only water if the stick is nearly completely dry. I have started doing this about a month ago. Since then, some new shoots started to grow which you can see on the photographs. Some leaves even started growing on the old "branches" (which are not the original ones which I removed). But now, I have another problem. Initially, new leaves look health. After a week or two, they become as if "soggy/weak" and a mark appears on them which you can see on one of the photos. Then, yet after another week, the leaves appear to dry out completely and fall off. I also have a photo of the dried leaves. I really do not know what I am doing wrong and how I could save my bonsai. I also do not want to experiment with it so I would really appreciate some advice on what I am doing wrong and what I should do. One last thing is that I am not using a fertiliser for some time now as the bonsai is not healthy.
I have also attached some photos of my bonsai . The first two photos (hero 6 and 9) show what it looks like in general and that it is very weak as it barely has any leaves. The next photo (hero 5) shows what new leaves look like for about 1-2 weeks and I think they look healthy. The next two photos (hero 2 and 1) show what I meant by "soggy/weak" and what the mark looks like. The next photo (hero 3) shows how the leaves die as if because they had dried. The very last photo just shows some of the bonsai's leaves.
Thanks for your time taken to read this and for any advice you have. I am really keen to learn! Any comments are much appreciated
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