Yes it's wilting. I've just givin it distilled water, and gave it miracle grow (for acid loving plants) last week, I thought I was giving it enough time between waterings but maybe it remained too wet. Doesn't help with rain every day and 90% humidity in 96deg. I have it underneath my soffit now to regulate the water,. It still gets 4 hours of full sun in the am.
Yes it's wilting. I've just given it distilled water and Miracle Grow for acid loving plants. I thought that I was giving it enough time between watering, but the soil seems to stay wet. It was just one diluted watering of miracle grow a week ago. I was going to give it more today but the soil remains wet. It is some cheap Bonsai mix that I got with the plant.
Even with all of the help from you guys...Driftwood. I tried my best but I didn't set it up for this heat down here. I finally pulled it out of the pot at the end and it was crazy root bound and the inside roots were bone dry, with barely any soil. Maybe if I had started dunking it? When it had started suffering I had taken a small metal rod and pushed some holes through the outside edge of the roots to help water flow. Changed watering, changed water, changed ph and fertilizer, changed amount of sunlight. Just didn't bounce back. I have 4 clippings that have survived, and some southern azaleas that are doing great. Im learning as I go, and won't be the last tree I kill. Thanks for all the advice and following up @Deep Sea Diver, maybe I'll start a thread on one of the other azaleas when they are further along.......
Funny you mentioned them, me and my wife are taking a weekend at Anna Maria Island on the other coast from me, and I am allowed to stop at Wigerts on the way!
We actually planned our days around it as they are closed on weekends now...
Thanks....im trying to stick with the natives and tropicals for now until I have more experience
Thanks for the advice! I think im going to hold of on satsuki azaleas for awhile. Down the road I might be better set up. Just glad it wasn't too old or too expensive. I'm learning more everyday and that is pushing me towards different trees more in my zone for now. And it is getting brutally hot down here nowadays (100+daily) with the humidity and bugs to boot, the cards are stacked against me. I'll try to learn from my mistakes, and from you guys on here. I am also going to try to join broward county bonsai society in the fall.
If I went there, I would probably leave broke and divorced.....
Try a Brazilian Rain Tree. They are made for your climate, they grow fast, can take a beating, not really fussy about Bonsai soil, bud back when pruned hard, just keep them on the moist side but I grew them for years and let them get dry.
