Is this a chinese elm and how frequent do I water?
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Posted 4 years 3 months ago #63314
Hello! May I seek your expert help in identifying this bonsai and how frequent should I water and prune it? I've been advised to spray leaves and soil every other day. And I'm keeping it indoors just beside the window where there's plenty of sunlight. But was hoping to double-check as some of the leaves are turning yellow.
Thank you so much!
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Posted 4 years 3 months ago #63315
It needs to be outside ( if temps in your part of the world are not sub zero yet). Inside it will die, no doubt about it.
Take away the pebbles ( why are they there...?) . Water until it spills from the drainage hole underneath. Water again when soil feels dry, not on a schedule.
If temps go sub zero for a longer period the rootball can become frozen solid so then you place it in a unheated garage or garden shed until temps go back to normal, never inside the house!
Take away the pebbles ( why are they there...?) . Water until it spills from the drainage hole underneath. Water again when soil feels dry, not on a schedule.
If temps go sub zero for a longer period the rootball can become frozen solid so then you place it in a unheated garage or garden shed until temps go back to normal, never inside the house!
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Posted 4 years 3 months ago #63318
This is not a chinese elm. But I think you know as you called it sageretia in the post. So it is NOT suitable to be kept outdoors for most of the year in cool climates.
www.bonsaiempire.com/tree-species/sageretia-theezans
www.bonsaiempire.com/tree-species/sageretia-theezans
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Posted 4 years 3 months ago #63322
My bad- read Chinese elm and hardly looked at the picture with my sleepy eyes.Do not follow my advice for this one
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Posted 4 years 3 months ago #63336
All good advice here.
A note, most of the world thinks subzero means below freezing. If you are my neighbor in just about the only area that thinks zero is a whole lot colder, you should interpret it that way.
A note, most of the world thinks subzero means below freezing. If you are my neighbor in just about the only area that thinks zero is a whole lot colder, you should interpret it that way.
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Posted 4 years 3 months ago #63340Ivan Mann wrote:
A note, most of the world thinks subzero means below freezing.
...what else would it mean???? ( i said i would take over Auks role here... )
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Posted 4 years 3 months ago #63346lucR wrote:
Ivan Mann wrote:
A note, most of the world thinks subzero means below freezing.
...what else would it mean???? ( i said i would take over Auks role here... )
I think it was some French guy? He had some idea of subjective measurement?
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