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Posted 7 years 7 months ago #33177
Hi, i have Carmona bonsai tree. I keep it in my room by the window, where there is enough undirect sunlight. I water it 2 or 3x a week, I use liquid fertilizer once or twice a month. When i got him, all the leaves fell off but then he started to grew new leaves very quickly and he even started to have a lot of those little white flowers, although they became brown and fell off before they even blossomed properly, but leaves were all shiny and green. Now, all of a sudden, leaves aren't shiny anymore, they are all soft and thru the time they become dried. I don't know what the problem is, because I don't do anything different then when he grew very nicely. Please help.
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Posted 7 years 7 months ago #33179
I don't like the look of that soil.
Dry and not good drainage, and the tree is almost dead.
I think this is one of the issues.
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Posted 7 years 7 months ago #33180
I just added today some new soil and didn't water it yet, water can't be the problem, i keep it moist all the time..
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Posted 7 years 7 months ago #33186
By looking at you're picture, i'm thinking three things... light, heat and humidity... especially humidity. The Fukien tree is a tropical evergreen and needs humidity and warmer temperature than most bonsai. Humidity should be at least 50% with temperature's of 75-82f. Some kind of humidity tent with a seed starting heat mat underneath will work good.A humidity tray will help some, but not really enough for this tree. Chances are you're tree came from a greenhouse, so trying to copy what it was living in would be a good idea as it has all three things it needs.

Also from you're picture you may not getting enough light to it. Adding a LED grow light may be needed... at the very least won't hurt anything.
It may be going dormant by a lack of heat. Just because the room is warm for us it may not be to it. Rising to temperature around the tree itself(as in a small greenhouse tent ) is a good way to be sure of it. It's real easy to make one to the size you need.
Also, watch you're watering. Never have a schedule for watering. A good way to check is to use a chopstick and go all the way to the bottom, leave it in for a minute. If it's damp or wet.. don't water... no matter how dry the top looks.

I'm just going by you're picture, but i'm sure it's one or all three is the problem. I hope this helps a little and gives you some ideas that you can use for you're tree. Good luck and take care.
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Posted 7 years 7 months ago #33189
I'll try, thanks!:)
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Posted 7 years 7 months ago #33200
NP. keep me posted on how things are going and any more questions about this tree just ask.
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Posted 7 years 7 months ago #33307
Is that light ok or too direct?
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Posted 7 years 7 months ago #33328
Looks good... how many hours?. They can take a good deal of sun... the problem is it can dry-up everything with the heat from it. Funny thing, you can't have one without the other as far as direct sun is considered. But to that end, i still believe what i said before will give it a more fighting chance. Make some kind of humidity tent, use that direct sun's heat to raise the heat and humidity around it. A LED grow light will help to give it enough light... but only a little heat or none at all. A seed heat mat will help. I'm sure a mini greenhouse just for the size or it will perk it right up. This is a tropical tree and needs to be in that kind of environment, that be easier to do with a humidity tent made for it.
A real cheap way of doing it as a temporary solution is a box with two sides cut out. One side that would be the top that is open,cut off the tabs. And the other side that would be a new "top". Then use plastic on top and on the side. leave about a inch or so from the top so it has some air and to get rid of the water as it evaporates.
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Posted 7 years 7 months ago #33330

Dcgc2017 wrote:
A LED grow light
a mini greenhouse
a humidity tent


Interesting tips.
However:
The trunk seems wrinkled, the leaves dried out. This indicates the tree is not getting enough water, or, more likely, it is no longer capable to transport water due to a root issue.

Now that it is getting more heat, I expect the issue to worsen quickly. This tree is not likely to survive.
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Posted 7 years 7 months ago #33351
I would agree as that is the first thing i thought myself. But then, we don't really know as to what is going on in a picture. My tips are interesting.. and works. Afterall, most if not all tropical plants come from a greenhouse that are sold today. Why ?... Heat, light, and humidity. These three things can be done with a cheap makeshift geenhouse. Easy to make and control. This tree is tropical, and needs to be in that environment. Now, with that said, after doing a lot of research on this tree and doing what i advice her to try, i have saved all but one of my fukien trees that i thought was dead(as in a total loss) but came back better than ever. After that, i won't say it's totally a loss, just needs a better understanding of what it needs now to survive.My interesting tips do just that as most of the questions about this tree don't even have a humidity tray underneath from what i seen on this forum.
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