Thread: Fukien Shock
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Old 4-Apr-2005   #9
susieq
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Join Date: Jun-2002
Location: Hudson, FL
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Hi 411,
Fukiens are very forgiving and yours will probably pull through. But Fukien Tea are tropical and on a different repotting schedule than non tropicals. I too used to repot my tropicals this time of year until my bonsai teacher informed me a couple of years ago that the best time to repot tropicals is in the middle of summer. (I am in Florida too) No wonder mine had been losing every leaf and staying that way for nearly a month after the repot! They always came out but not until they had frightened me to death. Now that I repot, root prune and major branch prune in the middle of the growing season, they do much better . I don't have naked trees for weeks and weeks in the spring anymore.
I still have to put them in a shade area for a couple of weeks after the job but what a difference. I hope this helps.
Sincerely, susieq
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