My Bonsais don't like me or my house (If U have dial-up, expect a wait...)

MelloBonsai

Now that I got a good look at the leaves of the top one I can confirm its a fukien tea

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Ronny73

... just pics 4, 5 and 11 showing FUKIENTEE / CARMONA MICROPHYLLA

http://forum.specialattack.net/downloads/bonsai4.JPG
http://forum.specialattack.net/downloads/bonsai5.JPG
http://forum.specialattack.net/downloads/bonsai6.JPG
http://forum.specialattack.net/downloads/bonsai7.JPG
http://forum.specialattack.net/downloads/bonsai8.JPG
http://forum.specialattack.net/downloads/bonsai9.JPG
http://forum.specialattack.net/downloads/bonsai10.JPG
http://forum.specialattack.net/downloads/bonsai11.JPG

regards
Ronny

BuckyO

Thx

Do you know by any chance if the other one is a ficus?

BuckyO

Right,
I'm beginning to wonder if my plants need to be repotted. The ficus appears to be doing good. I'm gonna see where i can order some humidity enhancers, but the fukien tea is really doing poorly.
Is it so that both of the bonsais need to be more to the dry then to the wet during winter time?
Cuz if so, i'd need to begin to water them a bit less.
Next to that, do i need to put furtilizer in the soil in the winter time?

Thx

Ronny73

please do not repot Your Carmona, just slack the soil well, therefore I use a plastic fork ...start with a tray filled with clay pebbles & water, avoid direct water contact with pot - in nature Fukien Tea grows in a humidity of up to 80% (!)in winter I wait 3 days between watering, (till the surface of soil is dry)start ferilizing when the tree starts to produce new branches

Here are some pics, taken on 8th Dec. 2007 (click on pics):


Actually: One nice blossom, a lot of buds

BuckyO

damn, my fukien tea is still looking poor, very poor.

I slacked the soil and gave it one good watering after letting the soil dry for about 2 to 3 days. I also have a plant spray and spray above the plant every day once or twice.

The ficus has dropped again a couple of leaves, looking poorer too

Man, i knew I had black fingers, but this is really bad...
I'd really like to have something more then cacti or fat plants in my house...
I really don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Ronny73

Maybe the last You can do is...
- searching a bonsai dealer and showing Your invalids
- meeting a bonsai workshop
That My bonsai Top 10 works fine You can see on My Carmona Pics

ChrisM

something to also keep in mind, amongst the care sheet advice you're getting, is that ( at least in my expierience ) most tropicals will go through some leaf drop when you change thier environment, its a sort of shock. i see in some of the picks that new leaves are pushing out, so the shock of moving would be my intial concern. if you are going to move the placement in your home, do it once, do it right, then give the trees some time to recover. good luck.

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BuckyO

Right, thanks, both the bonsais are growing new branches and new buds, etc.

Does this mean I need to give em some extra in the water or something?
Cuz someone here i think said I had to give em extra food when they grow new stuff.
They aren't looking worse, but they dropped every old leaf that was on it!