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The lighting conditions are pretty much the same as they were outside. The window where the tree is has the same exposure as the part of my porch where I had the tree. I let it dry out a bit before I water.

The tree didn't drop its leaves when it experienced these kinds of changes in its conditions before, for instance, when I brought it home from the bonsai grower (huge difference in light and humidity levels), or when I put it outside last spring. But this isn't leaf drop. The leaves and the stems that they are on are shriveling up and turning brown.

There seems to be a colony of ants living in the pot that took up residence there during the summer. They didn't seem to be causing any harm prior to now (for about six months), so I wasn't too worried about them. Can ants cause this sort of problem?

30-Nov-2007	#4
Carol bonsaiTALK Neophyte Join Date: Nov-2007 Location: Coastal North Carolina Country: USA Posts: 4	The lighting conditions are pretty much the same as they were outside. The window where the tree is has the same exposure as the part of my porch where I had the tree. I let it dry out a bit before I water. The tree didn't drop its leaves when it experienced these kinds of changes in its conditions before, for instance, when I brought it home from the bonsai grower (huge difference in light and humidity levels), or when I put it outside last spring. But this isn't leaf drop. The leaves and the stems that they are on are shriveling up and turning brown. There seems to be a colony of ants living in the pot that took up residence there during the summer. They didn't seem to be causing any harm prior to now (for about six months), so I wasn't too worried about them. Can ants cause this sort of problem?