JohnnyG

Hi,

Well it's unfortunate that my very first post on bonsaiTALK is about a dying bonsai! I bought a cotoneaster from a nursery a few weeks back. It wasn't being grown as a bonsai at the time. I cut it all back to basically just a trunk and three branches and wired it up. Since then I've had it sitting next to a window where it gets about 2-3 hours of direct sun through the window each day, then partial sun most of the rest of the day. I've been watering it about once per day, or a bit more if the soil feels especially dry. At first it looked like it dealt with the pruning okay, as it starting growing back some buds and small leaves... but now what has grown is looking really dry. As far as I can remember I haven't changed anything. The only thing that is different is that I recently started misting it once per day, and yesterday I put it outside for a few hours in warm temperature. Any help? What am I doing wrong??

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