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?seems to have some sort?of pest, which looks like small, scaley worms. When I water it, a few of?these worms drain into the humidity tray.?I water it every other day, ensure it gets plenty of sunlight, and fertilize it occasionally, and it has been?doing well for about a year. Now, while it still experiences new growth, leaves wilt and/or brown and fall off regularly. Fertilizer seems to no longer have an effect. I purchased some neem oil spray, which seems to help, but it never returned to how it once was. The worms stopped draining?into the tray after I applied it a few times, but they returned when I stopped. I am considering repotting the bonsai, but I wanted to get some input about the pest before I do.

Thank you.

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it is also autumn, and assuming the plant is outside then it is normal to lose leaves at this time of year. as for the worms, if you drop it out of the pot you may be able to see where they are, I don't think they are doing any harm. No do not repot it will be too cold for the plant if you have frost. If and I hope you do not have the plant inside then the poor light levels and heat with low humidity are all contributing factors to the condition. Chinese Elm are hardy plants and need cold to go into hibernation in winter.

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I actually do have it inside. I read that it could live inside and outside, so it has been in my window for about a year. It was doing well until I noticed the worms?and its condition suddenly?deteriorated. Would its environment suddenly make it sick like how I described??Would the worms really be harmless if they seemingly disappeared and the bonsai showed some signs of improvement after applying the neem oil?

Neem oil is good, but does not kill everything. If you do not identify what the creature is you cannot expect to control it. Why is there soil under the pot? That is not good, and you have it inside, no surprise that it does not look good. The growths are elongated due to lack of light and humidity. It is not cold enough for it and light levels are too low for it to be in leaf all year. It is in desperate need of pruning. Fertiliser does not improve the health of plants it encourages new growth which at this time of year is not good.
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• I do not know what the pest is. I do not have an image at the moment, but they look like tiny brown worms around half an inch. I tried looking it up, but I did not find anything that matched.
• There is no soil under the pot, but rocks. It is to keep the bonsai out of the water in the humidity tray.?
• Yes, I am aware it needs pruning. I was trying to monitor the new growth.?
• I tried to include images in the forum, but I kept getting the icon or it just returned the link. I got it working now.

Very interesting. You do not know what pest it is? But you know it is a pest?? How can you know it is a pest if you do not know what it is?

I have never heard of any small worm like pest that lives in the soil. My guess is that it is a detrivore worm, just like every other worm I know about. If I am right, it is not at a threat to your plant and hence not a pest.

I think most of your problems relates to livingroom conditions and not the worms. Chinese elm beeing good for indoor growing is one hard to kill myth. They can survive for a year or two, sometimes even three. But without proper winter dormancy they will eventually deteriorate and die. We have seen hundreds if not thosends of trees like this in the forum. You?are sitting on first row experiencing it happening right now. The question is if you want to continue believe in the myth or reevaluate facts created by an industry that sells indoor trees just because there is a demand for indoor trees in the market?