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Hi Everyone,

I'm new to the bonsai world and have had a Chinese Elm since December. I live in Ireland. I bought the tree from the mainland UK and was advised it can be kept indoors. It had been doing really well over the months I have had it. Then all of a sudden it started to change over a couple of days. I read around to find out what could be going wrong and most of the advice was unanimous in getting it outside. The main thing I had noticed over a couple of days was a loss of colour in the leaves, some leaves turning totally brown and falling off, brown spots on leaves etc. I used a fungicide as well. The plant is well watered and always had good light and humidity. The tree is now outside and a lot of the "unwell" looking leaves have fell away, even more since the picture I have attached. It is looking more bare now.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have been told they are a hardy tree and can bounce back well, so I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Many thanks

Matthew

Mathew,
it looks quite dry in the picture, the soil does not look good either but it will have to wait for re pot. As long as it did not get very dry it should be ok, keep watering when almost dry and give it a few weeks they are resilient as well as totally hardy.
Don't buy anything from that person again if he does not know that Chinese Elms should not be kept inside.

looks dry indeed.
Use a garden hose or a watering can and give it a good shower until water spills from the drainage hole underneath. If it soil is too compact you could make some holes in it with something sharp ( chopsticks fi). Repeat the watering after 5- 10 minutes until soil is completely wet through and through

Thanks for the help so far everyone. I will make sure it gets a good watering. It is odd as I had been watering it well inside but I guess it just needed out in the elements as well. Will keep you updated on how things go. The annoying thing is, it was bought from a very well reviewed and recommended bonsai shop in the UK; I am disappointed at the advice they gave me and even when I contacted them about it deteriorating they were not very helpful.

It is not possible to water a bonsai correct inside since it should be watered until a steady stream comming out of the drainage holes. Inside that would be a big problem to your floor. Hence most trees kept indoors is too dry and underwatered.

The green in leaves is chlorophyll, which converts sunlight to chemicals the tree needs. If the tree is inside it gets very little sunlight and the tree decides to let the chlorophyll go, and the leaves turn yellowish.

You can put the tree by a south facing window and it will get some sun, filtered by the glass. Some trees do barely OK.

I agree with the advice above. Don't go back.