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New to bonsai and i bought a lemon cypress to practice on... No training yet just trying to get it acclimated to my indoor grow. Many needles have turned brown dying... I think it was stressed from lighting issues which I now have it under a 600watt led. I water every few days when dry to first knuckle... Has good drainage.
About 50% has turned brown... My question is can the brown needles recover or should I go ahead and trim them off so the rest of the plant can get better light?

(zone 6a) no feedings yet just distilled/zero water...

All suggestions welcome, please help!

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I would guess that bringing it indoors may cause it to slowly dry out and die. ?

Yea that is some of the lighting issues i mentioned. I bought at local nursery, asked for an indoor tree...so it started indoors, then i tried to slowly move it outside hours at a time.. This was in August and it started to brown then so i think it couldn't handle the heat...so i brought it inside and trimmed the dead needles and it seemed to do ok... I had it under florescent shop lights and it started to brown again... So i got the LED for it and other plants.

So is recovery possible once brown or trim it?

Sounds as if you have killeed it. Nothing to do with heat. Lack of light is more likely, get it outside and keep it watered it may recover

Not to question your wisdom, but it first started dying when i had it outside... What is the deal with that?

kcintimidator wrote: So is recovery possible once brown

Not for the brown parts, that's dead.

Thanks @Auk that is the info i was looking for.
I will trim the brown off, many of the branches are still green /alive, so now im wondering will those branches produce new needles in the spring.

BONSAI Danielson!

Also I've read enough forum posts all will suggest trees need to be outside... That is a difficult option for me... So can anyone suggest any trees that will thrive indoor assuming environment is good?

any tree that is tropical can survive indoors. ficus, privet, there are others. Ficus is a good start I think. of course not the ficus ginseng.. which generally doesn't make a good bonsai or even mallsai. The empire website gives a good list of "indoor" trees. I wouldn't put a chinese elm inside however.. even though it is said that it can be kept indoors. The one I have has begun to really thrive after putting it outside..

Can the tree grow new needles in the spring?
Branches seem ok, but all the needles have now browned.