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Hi
I need help with my chinese elm tree is 7 years old, I've bought it about 7 months ago.

It was ok, but it losed his leaves during the winter, (what I think that is usual). It started to have new leaves all over without problem, but my gf saw that it had small spiders infestation. She read on the internet that she should spray it with water and soap, that she did (bad idea, I know) . all the spiders died and the leaves fall off. ( Sinc a month or saw it started to have new branches and leaves but just in the bottom of the tunk, all the rest is like dead. Any suggestions of whats happening, please? I keep watering when the soil was dry during all those months and I started using fertilizer once a week since the spring started.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Not sure what happened.
Keeping it indoors is a bad idea to start with. Plants, and certainly trees deal badly with being indoors. That weakened your tree. Combine this with dry air indoors and you get the spider mite infection, that you mentioned. Spraying with soap-alcohol in water is a generally accepted practice and works, assuming it is done right.

Why the tree died off.. Not sure. Most likely a watering and subsequently root related issue.

Put the plant outside, and let it slowly get used to sunlight. Water sparingly and only fertilize if the plant is really growing.

Diego Vazquez wrote: It was ok, but it losed his leaves during the winter, (what I think that is usual)

If it was outdoors, that would be usual, yes.

What is happening - or what has happened - is that the top part is dying. Reason is incorrect care, but probably mostly the wrong environment - not enough light, humidity, fresh air. Trees do not belong indoors and will not do well there in the long run.

Hi, Many thanks for the reply!

I'm really new with bonsais, but I thought that the chinese elm tree was meant for indoors and i also read that changes of temperature would be bad for it (like it happens here in the uk ...) are you suggesting that have it outdoors just when is warm outside?

Another question, do you think that the top part is dead? and, do you think that I should prune the root and repot it?

many thanks!

Chinese Elms are hardy. Frost will do no harm, being inside will and has. It is possible that it will recover at the top, but is unlikely. At least you have some growth so it is not all dead. It is not cold now so put it out and leave it out. Learn how to water, and do not believe most of what you read on the internet. This web site is good, There are several good cheap guides here in the store. Also look at bonsai4me.com Harry has several very good cheap books well worth getting at least one of them.

Diego Vazquez wrote: I'm really new with bonsais, but I thought that the chinese elm tree was meant for indoors

Not a single plant is meant to be indoors, except maybe for a certain fungus that evolved in cellars.