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| I received my bonsai as a graduation present from my brother at the end of April. My bonsai was doing fine, the leaves got a little drupy a couple times, but after watering they'd perk back up. I was keeping it inside, but on Sunday May 20th, I took it to the Tallahassee bonsai club and they re-potted it for me and recommended I put it outside, where it can get some sun, preferably morning sun. My screened in back porch gets a bit of morning sun and that's about it, so I put it out there.
Maybe that Wednesday or Thursday after that Sunday he looked a bit drupy again, so I watered him, (like usual, where the water would come out the bottom), but still by the end of the week it didn't look much better. I called my brother and he suggested it might not be getting enough sun, so I moved it to a sunnier spot on the side of my house. Still it didn't look good, so I did another suggestion from my brother, by putting it in the sink and filling the sink with water (but not over the pot lip or anything). Well, nothing seems to be working, I really don't want it to die and I feel like it might already be too late. The leaves and small branches could be snapped off with just a brush of the finger right now and the leaves are very, very dry and turning brown. I can only think that maybe when it was re-potted, the original soil was mixed with a mixture of little rocks (that's what they look like). We used the same soil because it seemed it was resently re-potted and the soil was still good, but maybe not enough soil was left and too much rock was put in and now the soil is not holding water enough or long enough for the plant to get enough water. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!Thanks!!!! |
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| Well, I doubt if it was a matter of too much grit or gravel, but possibly being out in the sun too abruptly (what looks like dull outside to us is still so much brighter to a plant than what looks like bright indoors to us). And who knows, it's possible being repotted twice so soon might not have been the best idea (and you had no way of knowing that either, especially if other members were pressuring you to do it). What I think is that even if you lose this one (and you could... though stop trying so hard now and give it a rest, especially as almost leafless trees need less water) you can get another one, and you will have learned something from the experience, as we've all had to, it's just part of the process really, and I don't know anyone who's 'escaped' it, so join the club! |
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