Yello leaves

coillur

Hello,

I'm a fanatic in growing plants in -and outdoors and recently bought a bonsai (Zelkova Schneidria). Some 2 weeks ago I reshaped my bonsai because it was growinging furiously and became very messy and lost it's shape. After a week some leaves, and quite a lot to my opinion, where starting to get yellow and fall of. Some new growth is shown at some branches that I cut, but still leaves turn yellow and fall of.
My bonsai stands at the south side of my room and gets a lot of sun (I'm livin in The Netherlands) but the light is a little bit tempered by plants that stand in front of the bonsai. I spray water over the leaves every day and make sure that the soil is never dry.
My question now is whether it is a normal reaction of my bonsai that leaves turn yellow and fall of after trimming it or if something else may be wrong.

Thanks and greetz, coillur

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Emperor Fish

Hi Coillur.

A picture could help us here. (I have an idea that what you really have is a Chinese elm perhaps).

Some basic advice though - your tree should be outside the house, not inside. It will do MUCH better outside. The light levels inside a room are only about 1/100th of that of a sunny summer's day.

You may also be watering too much if you are not letting the soil dry out ever. Try only watering when the soil is dry below the surface.

If this is an elm, it could also be that the old leaves are getting replaced by this year's new growth = nothing to worry about. Either way, please get the tree outside somewhere.

Regards,

Fish.

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coillur

Hello Fish,

Thanks for your reply. I will try to get the plant out. And about the watering to much, your're probably wright since the soil was very moist. I'll try to let it dry out a little and see what happens.
I do think it's a Chinese Elm, since that's what's been comming up on the internet for Zelkova.

Greetings, Coillur

Bonsai_Kitty

Could be you need to use a high nitrogen fertilizer for a few weeks. Yellow leaves usually indicates the tree is lacking nitrogen.
Kitty =^,,^=

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