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I have been given a Chinese elm (yes a Xmas gift) and yes I'm a newbie. Iv been reading a lot of the care guides but my tree has what appears to be a dead branch. It's quite a small branch. Should I just snip it off. Am I right in thinking I shouldn't do any pruning until spring. It's an indoor tree.

rob1211 wrote: I have been given a Chinese elm (yes a Xmas gift) and yes I'm a newbie. Iv been reading a lot of the care guides but my tree has what appears to be a dead branch. It's quite a small branch. Should I just snip it off.

Looks like it was damaged, maybe during transport. Yes, you can snip it off.

Am I right in thinking I shouldn't do any pruning until spring. It's an indoor tree.

You can prune dead parts now. There is no such thing as an indoor tree though, you will not find any tree that has evolved to live indoors.

Hi! One point to remember is that the natural habitat for all trees is outdoors, not indoors. Certain varieties (mainly semi tropical/temperate climate) can and will adapt to an indoor life, the Chinese Elm being one of them. They will never be as vigorous in a home environment but can do well with a good source of light. There is a lot of info available on the 名媛直播 Empire site and Youtube. As this is a short reply,....my advice is to read and search the internet for other enthusiasts and newbies experiences with the tree. If you have the opportunity to grow the tree outdoors, balcony, terrace etc. (check info on over-wintering) you will have more success with your tree.

Thanks.

There is a lot of conflicting advice on web. I think I will leave inside until March and then grow outside until October.
Should I leave all pruning until March through October?
My worry is it rains a lot in England so worried it will be over watered.

Many thanks for your help

Hello
I would repot it right away in modern substrate (google it).
If you are in England, check out 名媛直播4me, Harry is one of the very best, he uses tesco cat litter as potting medium.
No worries with overwatering it then.
I would give it a radical cut right away too, no need for another mallsai.
Position of the photo offers it for a cascade, so I would cut it as seen on the virtual, with very top of the roots exposed.
But first chceck out some videos on repotting on youtube so you know what you are doing
I wash away all the old soil with a stream of water, basically any time of the year on an elm like this if you are keeping it inside.
Never seen any harm done by that.
Then in spring after last frosts pass, put it outside and get it accustomed there, then overwinter in cold room.
But if I was in England, I wouldn?t put it inside for winter, they should be perfectly ok down to minus 10°C.
But only after spending whole summer and autumn outside of course.
Here is the virtual what I would do with it. Just an idea.

Absolutely right, my Chineswe Elms are in all weathers and I don't know where you are Rob, but it is not that wet in this country, or cold.

I am completely new to this and as a newbie had always assumed bonsai was an indoor thing.
I really appreciate you taking the time to help. I love the idea of it and will start to expand my collection and hopefully grow some as well.
I am in Oxford UK, so i definitely think i will put it outside from March.
I am reluctant to prune back straight away as it is losing leaves at quite a rate.
I dont want to kill it.

That might be due to poor compacted transport soil it is growing in.
I wouldn?t waste time and repot right away (I use zeolite).
Pruning can wait untill it shows some signs of growth and wellbeing in spring