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Hi there I’m just new to bonsai trees and I got this I did not say what type it is could u help me pleas on identifying what it is

its a chinese elm and needs to be placed outside. Inside it will die

LucR, you seem to write always the same thing, can you say also something encouraging??
Plus, chinese elms can live indoors next to a window without a problem if taken cared for properly.
Thank you.

Hey Dom99, That young tree is a chinese elm, you can tell by its small serrated leaves!
I hope you enjoy the art of bonsai, remember that mistakes will be made along the way but its part of the process of learning.
Goodluck!

lucR wrote: its a chinese elm and needs to be placed outside. Inside it will die

When I started out I also had Chinese elms and kept them indoors without any problem - most these trees are imported from southern China (warm areas) and after import kept in heated greenhouses before being sold. You can choose to keep them outside if you purchase in Spring and keep them outside, preferably in an unheated greenhouse in winter. This of course also depends on your local climate... Or, you can keep them inside year round - in this case they need LOTS of light. Do not place this tree outside when it is used to being kept inside in winter!

EDIT: more info is here: www.bonsaiempire.com/tree-species/chinese-elm

99% of the people with "help my tree is dying " questions are from people that have their first bonsai/mallsai with little to no horticultural knowledge. These trees end up dead inside, and would have survived outside.

@ Nick Meusel: answer the same question for the next six years and come back then to talk about encouragement. I know what i am saying,and to whom. The "knowing how to take take of it part" is missing.

@ Oscar: your horticultural knowledge is impecable, of course they survive in your hands, you know what you are doing.

My point is that you should encourage people not always say the same thing. thats all.

lucR wrote: @ Oscar: your horticultural knowledge is impecable, of course they survive in your hands, you know what you are doing.

Not back in those days though!

Anyway, back on topic from here on.

should i water it once every moring. what do u think.

also whats the best thing too with fertilising. what type should i get and when should i use it.

Trees evolved in a very rigid way. Once they sprout they don't migrate or do anything to move to different climates and grow just where they sprout, usually within a few feet (or meters) of the parent and almost always within a few miles (or kilometers). So, they don't adjust to an indoors climate unless it is very close to how they evolved. Outside they have constant air motion, daily dark light cycles, yearly warm cold cycles, and the cycles are different everywhere.

They can grow indoors if you can adjust the indoors situation to be similar to where they evolved.

Fukien teas come from Fijian province where it is usually not cold and usually pretty humid. If you can supply an environment with plenty of sunlight and not too low humidity the tree will do OK.

I have a ficus, jaboticaba, and baobab growing indoors. They are in a bay window with little direct heat between two tropical fish tanks which work all day evaporating water to keep the humidity up. I have killed an orange tree, a Hong Kong orchid, and one other indoor and probably one other. I probably won't try another indoor tree.

One huge problem indoors is insects. Spider mites, aphids, white flies, and who know what come out of the woodwork. You need to inspect the trees often.