Does Smoking Affect Bonsai's?

Karl1989

I got my first Bonsai, A Chinese Elm, A few days ago, and i've noticed the leaves are getting lighter and a few are turnin red, i find this a bit odd as it was completely healthy when i bought it. Can anyone tell me what might be causing this, also i smoke and it is in my bedroom. Thanks for any feed back

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irene_b

It very well may be part of the problem, but it is a tree and needs to be outside in the fresh air.
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FlyBri

Gday Karl & Irene.

Smoking probably doesn't help. Being inside certainly doesn't...

Might I hazard a guess that it is Autumn in the UK at the moment?

Thanks.

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AlainK

I could advise you to give up smoking, but that would be the pot calling the kettle black... I smoke outside the house when my kids are here, and never in the bedroom.

About your elm, I don't think it has anything to do with your smoking anyway: it should be outdoors, and at this time of the year, it's simply losing its leaves.

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Deb

While I agree that Chinese Elm are outside trees, I think that given the right care, they can also be inside trees. I have grown Chinese elm on a south facing windowsill for a couple years now and they are doing just fine. Good growth, dark green leaves. The big thing is south facing window sill that is also cool (no heat registers underneath it to dry out the air) and adequate water. The soil dries out a lot faster inside.

It might be that the tree that you've purchased was outside and bringing it in to your bedroom has been a shock for it and so it is shedding some of it's leaves. I think that if you meet its light needs and water needs and of course the humidity, it could recover very nicely. Good luck with that, I hope your plant works out.

Karl1989

tachigi

Karl, nicotine is a great insecticide. Its been used since colonial times. So if you move the tree outside puff away. Inside doesn't help a whole lot. Tar resign will coat the leaves from the second hand smoke. A side bar here, I think it was extremely brave to post this thread. I fully expected to see every non-smoking enthusiast in here extolling the hazards of smoking.

Now where did I put that pack of butts

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Vance Wood

More than likely it is the second hand exposure to trans fats and red meat that are causing your problem. You need to wait till the next harmonic convergence and petition government to really work on the Kyoto agreement for clean air. If that fails put the thing outdoors.

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