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Hi everyone,
About 6 month ago, I have bought a 7 Year old Chinese Elm from a Bonsai. As it was from a nursery, its soil was very compact. Given that I am very inexperienced, whenever I was watering the bonsai, I was not watering it enough. So all the water that I have watered the bonsai with, was just running down the sides of the soil and no water was getting to the roots. As this continued, after approximately 2 months, the bonsai had lost all of its leaves and looked as if it was dead... Then, I still had no idea why this had happened.
About a month ago, I have met a person that is much more experienced with bonsai then me. He had told me that I am most likely under watering the bonsai and that no water is getting to the bonsai roots. He had then recommended for me to insert a wooden stick into the bonsai's soil and to regularly check if the stick still has some moisture. If not, then to water the soil very thoroughly to ensure that the roots get water. After approximately 1 week of doing this, new leaves started to grow on my Elm! I was very excited! This continued for about a month and the bonsai had more and more leaves.
However, very recently, I had picked up the bonsai and many leaves dropped at the same time... Since then, I have been keeping a close eye on it and had noticed that once again it is loosing more and more of its leaves. Some leaves before the fall off have a yellow pattern on them which can be seen in one of the photos.
Some additional information:
- I am keeping this bonsai indoors in London, my room temperature is about 18-19 degrees
- The bonsai is kept approximately 40cm from a big window (2m by 2m)
- I had not fertalised the bonsai for some time now as I was told that I should not fertalise weak bonsai as this might harm them
As for the photos, the first 2 show how the bonsai looks in general. The next one shows its healthy leaves. The next two photos show an unhealthy leaf. The last photo shows a branch at the very top of the tree that has recently lost all of its leaves.
Any advice on what is happening to the bonsai, what is the cause of it and what I should do is much appreciated! Wish everybody a great day!
About 6 month ago, I have bought a 7 Year old Chinese Elm from a Bonsai. As it was from a nursery, its soil was very compact. Given that I am very inexperienced, whenever I was watering the bonsai, I was not watering it enough. So all the water that I have watered the bonsai with, was just running down the sides of the soil and no water was getting to the roots. As this continued, after approximately 2 months, the bonsai had lost all of its leaves and looked as if it was dead... Then, I still had no idea why this had happened.
About a month ago, I have met a person that is much more experienced with bonsai then me. He had told me that I am most likely under watering the bonsai and that no water is getting to the bonsai roots. He had then recommended for me to insert a wooden stick into the bonsai's soil and to regularly check if the stick still has some moisture. If not, then to water the soil very thoroughly to ensure that the roots get water. After approximately 1 week of doing this, new leaves started to grow on my Elm! I was very excited! This continued for about a month and the bonsai had more and more leaves.
However, very recently, I had picked up the bonsai and many leaves dropped at the same time... Since then, I have been keeping a close eye on it and had noticed that once again it is loosing more and more of its leaves. Some leaves before the fall off have a yellow pattern on them which can be seen in one of the photos.
Some additional information:
- I am keeping this bonsai indoors in London, my room temperature is about 18-19 degrees
- The bonsai is kept approximately 40cm from a big window (2m by 2m)
- I had not fertalised the bonsai for some time now as I was told that I should not fertalise weak bonsai as this might harm them
As for the photos, the first 2 show how the bonsai looks in general. The next one shows its healthy leaves. The next two photos show an unhealthy leaf. The last photo shows a branch at the very top of the tree that has recently lost all of its leaves.
Any advice on what is happening to the bonsai, what is the cause of it and what I should do is much appreciated! Wish everybody a great day!
