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Posted 2 years 8 months ago #75868
Hi everyone, I'm not sure if my Ginseng Ficus is still salvageable. I purchased it on Mar 5th, from Ikea. It was doing well, but I naively thought it needed to be repotted in a better draining soil, as what it was potted with originally was mostly what looked to be coco coir. So I repotted it about two weeks later in some 名媛直播 Jack bonsai soil mixed with some Happy Frog potting soil. My reasoning for adding the happy frog was because I didn't want it to dry it too fast, but I'm not sure if this was a mistake. Since the repot it had been kept indoors next to a NE facing window in a Zone B climate. A few days after the repot I then made possibly another mistake in spraying the bonsai with some Superthrive spray(which I believe I overdid), and then I went out of town for a week several days later and came to find my plant covered in I what looked to be left-over residue from the fertilizer. I cleaned off all the leaves with filtered water + lemon juice and managed to get most of the residue off, so I thought it might start pulling through. However, a few days later is when the tree started to shed large portion of its leaves, which it still is. I've afraid of causing any more stress to it besides having moved it to a brighter window and watering it. Is it too far gone or can anything be done to help revive it? Thanks in advance.

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Posted 2 years 8 months ago #75869
So many misstakes here:

The tree has been grown in that soil for comercial purpouse. It has come to the state you got it in, in that soil. There was absolutelly no reason to stress it so soon after moving with repotting.

Fertilizer is not food for the plant and and will not solve bad plant health. Never fertilize an unhealthy tree.

Ficus is a full sun plant. Notth east window is not enough.

Ginseng ficus is not really bonsai. So you might get better answer elsewhere.
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Posted 2 years 8 months ago #75870
Figures, thanks for the reply.
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Posted 2 years 8 months ago #75874
it is possible to have some pictures of the tree
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Posted 2 years 8 months ago #75876
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