Chinese Elm Sunlight
- Rondle
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I'm new to bonsai trees. I've look around the internet but cannot find a clear answer to my question. I have an indoor Chinese Elm with no widows that offer generous sunlight. Can I take my tree out for a couple of hours a few times a week? Will that be enough sunlight? I'm also concerned about bugs killing my tree outside. Any advice would be appreciated.
Blessings.
Blessings.
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Take it out for good.
It will die indoors.
It will die indoors.
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Just keep it outside permanently.
Bugs and trees have lived together for a few years. Most trees survive.
Bugs and trees have lived together for a few years. Most trees survive.
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Thank you for the response. When I bought this, it said that the Chinese Elm was robust and good for indoors. Was the bonsai company I bought this from making false claims?
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They are robust. That does not mean they thrive inside...
In tue some 7 year on this forum i have seen at least 100 dead or dying elms on windowsills i have only seen hanfull of them dying outside.
What does not help is that these plants are sold for mass consumltion. In bad soil these are imported by the thousands. Oushed to get a new head of foliage for sale and are then placed in poor conditions for sale. By the time of sale these are already very weak. If you then do not know how to care for them death is just one incident away.
I am sure peiple with a green thumb can keep them indoors. For bonsai you want more then alive though. You need thriving.
In tue some 7 year on this forum i have seen at least 100 dead or dying elms on windowsills i have only seen hanfull of them dying outside.
What does not help is that these plants are sold for mass consumltion. In bad soil these are imported by the thousands. Oushed to get a new head of foliage for sale and are then placed in poor conditions for sale. By the time of sale these are already very weak. If you then do not know how to care for them death is just one incident away.
I am sure peiple with a green thumb can keep them indoors. For bonsai you want more then alive though. You need thriving.
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I have tried several tropical trees, moving them inside when weather gets close to freezing. Inside there are spider mites, ants, and others I can't identify. Outside every now and then there is a hole in a leaf.
Outside there is air circulation and humidity levels that plants like. Inside there isn't.
Outside there is air circulation and humidity levels that plants like. Inside there isn't.
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Sooo very true!Ivan Mann wrote: Inside there are spider mites, ants, and others I can't identify..
Spider mites simply never occur in my outdoor trees, while they are inevitably
present indoors.
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