Bonsaihead
Mame
So I purchased this tiger bark about a month and a half ago. When I purchased it the guy told me it was a tiger bark/Micocarpa but when I search for tiger bark it to learn about it, it comes up as a retusa. Trying to understand what it exactly is so I know I'm learning the correct info. when I received it in the mail the pot was broken and after two or three days after it started to drop leafs and probably ended up losing about 40% of its foliage and seems this branch bit the dust as well.I'm sure it just went into shock and partially defoliated. since then it's recovered and has replaced probably half the leaves it lost but still is dropping one to two leaves a day, any reason to be concerned? It's in good mix. It stays outside but unfortunately the only place I have to keep it really takes a hit in terms of sunlight during the shorter days. Roughly three to four hours of direct light. Gets watered before it drys out and don't keep it soaked.
If all is well I would like to know should I go ahead and wire the secondary branches now and let them grow in the spring or let them grow this spring and then wire? Would also hear some input from the Picassos on what you would do interms of direction, leave the foundation and keep working it the path that it's headed or do something drastic? Thank you in advance!
If all is well I would like to know should I go ahead and wire the secondary branches now and let them grow in the spring or let them grow this spring and then wire? Would also hear some input from the Picassos on what you would do interms of direction, leave the foundation and keep working it the path that it's headed or do something drastic? Thank you in advance!