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Good evening all.

I've never owned a bonsai tree before, so I thought I'd start off with a easier caring tree, the Chinese Elm. I've had the tree for a few months now and all is going well, I think. The tree is growing well, even with the British weather being as unpredictable as ever, but I have a few questions regarding the soil, watering and general pruning.

Looking at the images below, would you say the soil in a healthy condition ? I know that moss is a good sign, but not sure about the grey colouring. It's been white before, then green, but not this colour. The soil is the original batch that come with the plant and I know your not supposed to touch the soil within the first year.

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When it comes to watering, I was watering the soil ever day until the water started dripping out the bottom. But I've changed the watering routine to ever couple of days unless it rains outside. On a weekend, I add some plant food that was supplied with the tree.

I`m generally cutting the branches when they start to get a bit messy, keeping a nice shape of the tree. Do I need to cut every branch to improve the growth, or just the wild ones.

Thanks for your time, advice and 10 points if you can spot my tree decoration

Watering to a schedule is the wrong thing to do, that is why the soil i so wet. You need to scrape the moss off the surface and see what it is like under. Looks very poor to me. Watering should be when the soil is just dry not every day or every two days. As the pictures do not show the tree it is not possible to comment on pruning. At least it is not inside so it should live. Where you live would also help.

Hi mate

I did add other images but it said I had to many links in the post. Leaves seem to grow ok with the odd yellow ones, which I below happens in the winter ?

I live in the UK so weather is mainly rain but last few months we have had a bit of sun. Get put outside for roughly 11/12 hrs
I've had to bring it in today as we have had a weather warning for wind, don't want the branches to bend/break.

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Removed top layer and I`m seeing more roots now

Soils damp on the top and I'd done the tooth pic test and seems to be moist underneath. I always thought that moss on the top layer was a good thing ?

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There is no need ever to take it inside, you could do a lot of pruning as it is very untidy and straggly. It will grow from any cut so you can prune quite hard If it is windy then put it on the ground.

How dare you say my plant is untidy lol
Scared to cut and be left with a naked tree that doesn't grow back.

What do you think about my soil now I've got rid of the top layer pal?

The top of the soil looks better, I did notice that you had removed the moss. You don't have to remove a great deal of foliage, just rim to a shape that you like, it will grow back all over Chinese Elm is very vigorous.

There is something that looks like tape on a branch can't tell what it is there for, there is a branch that crosses the trunk with a very long internode that I would cut off, and other branches with long internodes also need shortening. I am not sure I would keep the lower branches on the trunk, looks odd maybe shorten it and see how it grows. It is difficult to tell with the rest of it.

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