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I recently was told that the growing conditions that I kept my Fukien Tea in were not appropriate. I was told it did not have enough sunlight, it was too hot, and watering was not consistent. I wanted to know how I could improve the environment that I kept my Fukien Tea in because it is losing leaves fast and I'm not sure what I am doing wrong.

I keep my Fukien Tea in a fish tank with the upper lid off. I do this to increase humidity and keep constant temperature in my tree. These trees are tropical and live in environments where humidity in Winter is about 70%, so I have a hydrometer that tells me that mine is always at 50% (not terrible, but also not too bad).

I also know that these trees love sunlight. But because I do not have a nice window facing south, I bought a grow light that is kept on and a foot away from the tree for 12 hours. I think this is enough to replace the sun in this case, but I am not an expert on photons and UV radiation.

Thirdly, I have a heat lamp directed at my trees that will only turn on if temperatures drop below 70 degrees. These trees during their coldest days in winter are at about 62 degrees, so I thought keeping it at 70 during March was a good number.

Overall, I think this is a good set up, but I am not very sure. Please tell me your opinion and things that I'm missing. I've only had this set up for a couple of days so I'm not sure how my Carmona is going to react to it yet, but please let me know what you think!

(also, I made a post similar to this earlier. That post is unrelated to this one. This one is about appropriate growing conditions for my Fukien Tea).

You are doing a good job reading up on the species and trying to mimik its natural environment. Some things comes to my mind for possible improvement.

The photoperiod is just about right but it dont necessary mean that the tree gets enough light. Is the light strong enough? Get yourself a lumen meter app on your smartphone or tablet. Go outside and measure how strong the light is. Now go in and measure what your tree gets. Your tree beeing a tropical might need twice as much as a sunny day outside this time of the year in northern hemisphere.

What about air movement? A tree needs constantly exchange of co2 and o around its leaves. If you are trying to create a good environment for the tree air movement cannot be forgotten.

But really. Doing bonsai is about getting a tree to thrive, not just survive. That is why we grow trees hardy to our area and keep them outdoors. I dont think you can create an amazing bonsai in that small contained area. But I would love if you pull it off and prove me wrong.

Wow. Thank you so much. Those are all good points and that I should have considered. I will be more mindful of air current and proper light getting to the tree. I did not know there were apps to measure that!

I live in Georgia where the temperatures right now drop to 30 F at night. So I'm planning to keep them inside while temperatures rise above 60 F. This set up is temporary. Thank you so much for the feedback!