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| Hello, I purchased an 18+ year old Ligustrum Bonsai tree from a seller on Ebay who grows these in CA. I live in East Texas. The tree arrived in great condition around 10 days ago. I purchased this tree for indoors and even though he only grows them outdoors he told me it should be ok.
The pot it came in had a few cracks ( which he had told me of ) so I was eager to repot it. I asked him if it was ok to repot this time of year ( Autumn ) rather than waiting for late winter/spring, he said it would be fine. I've repoted it in a nice 10" pot with drip tray after trimming off some of the old roots and using new bonsai potting mix that came with the new pot. I also added some moss to the surface. I have the tree situated in my living room under an Aerogarden 3 bulb lamp ( I took the middle bulb out just incase 3 was too much ) and there was around 5 inches from top of tree to bulbs. About 5 days ago I noticed leaves were drying up and dropping off. I contacted the seller and he advised to put it outside straight away thinking it was too hot inside.
I've since set the lamp a little higher and added pea gravel to the tray and added water to help humidify the tree. I've also sprayed the tree a few times but read that this is not so helpful as the water in the tray. The tree is still dropping leaves. I understand now that it's in shock from transporting, re-potting and being indoors rather than out. My question is what can I do to prevent further stress and help it back to health. thanks. |
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| Here is another pic showing some of the bare branches. There are more on the back of the tree not shown here. I probably should have took photo's before I cleaned it all up as it doesn't look so bad in these pics. |
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| The tree is still dropping leaves. Doesn't anyone have experience with growing Ligustrum Bonsai trees indoors? |
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- Posted by simsedward (My Page) on Fri, Sep 28, 12 at 22:58
| Is this tree the same as a privet? If so I have one (it looks identical to yours) that has been growing successfully indoors for three years now. It does drop some leaves from time to time as all trees do. I would suggest moving the lights further away from the tree. You may be scorching the leaves. |
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| Thanks for your reply. Yes it is a member of the privet family. Funny you should say move the light as I did higher it for a few days until I read that the light should be within a couple of inches from the top ( using 2 grow lights ) it's still losing leaves so I'll raise the hood higher and hope it improves. What lighting are you using ? |
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| Also, how often do you water yours? |
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