bonsamurai
Seedling
Hello again people of Bonsai Nut,
It hasn't been long since my last thread (http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/white-decay-on-catlin-elm.24904/) on the forum, but I come once again for some help.
As an update for anyone, it turns out that the "white 'decay'" on the leaves was simply calcium carbonate residue as a result of the hard water I was (the operative word) using.
But now there is this (in pictures attached below): lightening at the tip and eventual shedding of leaves scattered around the tree. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to which leaves go, but my best guess at this point in overwatering "or simply the aftermath of its transition to a sub-indoor environment"which I realize many of you out there have concerns - probably an understatement - about.
To reiterate, some background of my care for the tree:
- it (and I) currently live in LA
- the tree is placed on the windowsill of a fourth floor apartment (I've read just about every post about the inadequacies of keeping trees indoors but it's the best I can do at this point in time)
- I water it whenever the soil is almost dry a 1/2 inch below the surface soil (about every other day); however, I do not mist regularly or at all
- facing the southeast, it doesn't get direct sunlight but apparently Chinese Elms prefer not to (or that's a least what I was told when I bought it from the owner of the bonsai nursery)
- there is fairly sufficient ventilation as there is a near-constant light breeze
Thanks again in advance guys (and gals)!
It hasn't been long since my last thread (http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/white-decay-on-catlin-elm.24904/) on the forum, but I come once again for some help.
As an update for anyone, it turns out that the "white 'decay'" on the leaves was simply calcium carbonate residue as a result of the hard water I was (the operative word) using.
But now there is this (in pictures attached below): lightening at the tip and eventual shedding of leaves scattered around the tree. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to which leaves go, but my best guess at this point in overwatering "or simply the aftermath of its transition to a sub-indoor environment"which I realize many of you out there have concerns - probably an understatement - about.
To reiterate, some background of my care for the tree:
- it (and I) currently live in LA
- the tree is placed on the windowsill of a fourth floor apartment (I've read just about every post about the inadequacies of keeping trees indoors but it's the best I can do at this point in time)
- I water it whenever the soil is almost dry a 1/2 inch below the surface soil (about every other day); however, I do not mist regularly or at all
- facing the southeast, it doesn't get direct sunlight but apparently Chinese Elms prefer not to (or that's a least what I was told when I bought it from the owner of the bonsai nursery)
- there is fairly sufficient ventilation as there is a near-constant light breeze
Thanks again in advance guys (and gals)!