John_Morrow

I have a few questions regarding my shimpaku and it's condition. I purchased a Shimpaku about 3-4 months ago from a bonsai grower in Calistoga, CA. It has quite a bit of deadwood on it, induced/created using lime-sulpher. the original shape had two "pom-poms" of growth on either side of the plant, one side having a lot of deadwood just to the right or the "pom-pom". Over the last 6-8 weeks, the foliage around this pom-pom has started to thin out incredibly, enough so that I feel the entire right side of the tree may be in jeopardy. The tree has been well taken care of, has only dried out to the initial touch 3-4 times. my questions are:

1) can the addition of deadwood stress the tree to the point where it looses 80% of it's foliage around the deadwood?

2)What kind of light should a typical Shimpaku recieve? I have it on the roof of my San Francisco apartment, and it gets pretty direct sun most of the day.

3)How much watering should be done with a Shimpaku? I soak tree in tray of water every 3 days.

Thanks in advance for the help. I'm sure I may not have provided enough info for some general diagnostics, so just ask me!

-John

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