Hi everyone! I live in the San Francisco Bay Area (Oakland) and I'm new to bonsai. I started with a Hinoki cypress and it is doing really well, but I ran into trouble with thje azalea that I got at the Pacific Bonsai Expo last month. I'm in zone 9/10 and we had some very warm, sunny days in October. My azalea quickly dried out in my backyard; by the time I noticed, the leaves were pretty desiccated. I removed some of the dead leaves and moved the azalea to a more shaded spot. I have been misting/watering regularly, but I'm not sure what else I can do. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.
How to help my azalea
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Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
Hey
The only thing you can really do at this point other than what you are doing is just water it when it needs it and hope for the best.
Dont water on a set schedule, water it when the soil is almost dry.
If you got to it before it dried out too much, there is a chance it will pull through. If not then, there isnt much else you can do.
If it doesnt make it, dont despair, we all lose trees from time to time. Learn from this, get another one and try to do better next time
The only thing you can really do at this point other than what you are doing is just water it when it needs it and hope for the best.
Dont water on a set schedule, water it when the soil is almost dry.
If you got to it before it dried out too much, there is a chance it will pull through. If not then, there isnt much else you can do.
If it doesnt make it, dont despair, we all lose trees from time to time. Learn from this, get another one and try to do better next time
WIlliam_Butler_Yeets
Mame
if it's still got green on it now about a month later, no reason to give up hope, just might have to keep a close eye and baby it through the winter
edit: whoops, got my timeline mixed up, the expo was a month ago, not that your tree started showing issues a month ago
edit: whoops, got my timeline mixed up, the expo was a month ago, not that your tree started showing issues a month ago
Thanks for responding. There are some leaves that are still green, so I do have some hope. Can you tell me more about how I can baby it through the winter. Should I consider moving it inside?
WIlliam_Butler_Yeets
Mame
Keeping it inside may be helpful for nights when it gets down to freezing or something like that, and only in an unheated area, you don't want to bring it into a 68 degree living room overnight. If you have a covered area where it can get light but be protected from frost, that would be good, or up against the side of the house or whatever. Although tbh I'm not sure how much frost/freeze you would really expect in Oakland
