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Got a Chinese elm a few months ago. Everything has been going great until recently. I've had a lot of leaves dropping snd the leaves are a dark green. Haven't changed watering or amount of light. Sits in a window sill and gets direct sunlight for about 2 hours. The rest of the day it's in indirect light. Soil is moist but not soaked.

The problem is that is inside. Not enough light or humidity and too warm. The Chinese Elm is hardy and will not do well in such a poor environment. I speak from experience, I did the same. They died in the first winter.

Where do you suggest I keep it. It's down into the teens at night outside. Will it survive that. If not, where inside should I put it?

I spray the tree daily as well to help with humidity and it sits on a humidity tray

What is the conditions outside right now where you are? If it is allready minus C dont put it outside. It will be too much of a chock. Try to find a way to protect the tree from frost at 5-10 degrees. If you keep it inside all winter it will suffer and eventually die.

jmarker wrote:

Where do you suggest I keep it. It's down into the teens at night outside. Will it survive that. If not, where inside should I put it?

I spray the tree daily as well to help with humidity and it sits on a humidity tray

Hi jmarker, welcome to bonsaiempire.

Placing it from inside directly into deep frost (I think you mean teens in fahrenheit, as opposed to the standard celcius, else it would not be cold at all?) is not a great idea. Although normally conditioned for winter it would not be an issue, moving from inside into frost is.

Do you have the option of an unheated room to keep it for winter?

I have a shed that is insulated but not heated. i could keep it out there. I can give that a try and see what happens

If I can increase Humidity and increase direct sunlight would that help it improve? I have other options for window sills and have a "dome" I can place the tree into that is designed to increase humidity

There is a natural relationship between temperature, sunlight and humidity which trees is evolved to cope with. Summer: much sunligt warm and humid. Winter: less sun cold and less humid.

Just increasing humidity will not help the tree it is winter so the tree needs dormancy, not humidity.

I don't have answers but seeking them. My Chinese elm tree shed about 80% of its leaves after receiving it from the store and I figured it was due to change of location as well as wintering. I moved it in February to a room that is warmer. I didn't think about leaving it longer in a colder room for winter. It started growing like mad and had a lot of new leaves. But.. then I go on vacation and moved the tree to a neighbor to take care of it for a couple of weeks. It was watered but now it only has 5% of the new leaves on it. Rest are gone. Is the tree recoverable?

Just put it outdoors.