Comments on: How to save a outdoor bonsai kept indoors all winter? http://www.japanesebonsaicare.com/japanese-bonsai/how-to-save-a-outdoor-bonsai-kept-indoors-all-winter How to Care For Bonsai Trees Mon, 02 May 2011 07:27:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: DJK http://www.japanesebonsaicare.com/japanese-bonsai/how-to-save-a-outdoor-bonsai-kept-indoors-all-winter/comment-page-1#comment-699 DJK Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:28:59 +0000 http://www.japanesebonsaicare.com/japanese-bonsai/how-to-save-a-outdoor-bonsai-kept-indoors-all-winter#comment-699 Rob is right in saying that you starved the tree of it's dormancy period and now it is stressed. Because you said it did have a bud, at least you know it's still alive and there is some hope. Here's what I would do - Get it back outside into a very protected area. Protect from strong winds, as it will cause rapid drying of the soil. Protect from full sun, because any new "sickly" leaves will burn up. Placing it under a high canopy tree would be good as it would still receive filtered sunlight, but not burn. Apply minimal fertilizer, only enough to ensure proper nutrients but not forcefully encourage new growth. Keep the soil somewhat moist, but not soggy, do not allow to dry completely. If it is in a bonsai pot with very little soil, I would also consider an "emergency" re-pot either into a growing box (training pot) or even better, into the ground for a year or more to allow it to recover. While repotting is never good for a stressed plant, especially this time of year, I have used this as a last chance effort to save a tree. Good luck<br><b>References : </b><br>Bonsai grower 15+ yrs. Rob is right in saying that you starved the tree of it's dormancy period and now it is stressed.

Because you said it did have a bud, at least you know it's still alive and there is some hope.

Here's what I would do –
Get it back outside into a very protected area. Protect from strong winds, as it will cause rapid drying of the soil. Protect from full sun, because any new "sickly" leaves will burn up. Placing it under a high canopy tree would be good as it would still receive filtered sunlight, but not burn. Apply minimal fertilizer, only enough to ensure proper nutrients but not forcefully encourage new growth. Keep the soil somewhat moist, but not soggy, do not allow to dry completely.

If it is in a bonsai pot with very little soil, I would also consider an "emergency" re-pot either into a growing box (training pot) or even better, into the ground for a year or more to allow it to recover. While repotting is never good for a stressed plant, especially this time of year, I have used this as a last chance effort to save a tree.

Good luck
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Bonsai grower 15+ yrs.

]]> By: The Muse http://www.japanesebonsaicare.com/japanese-bonsai/how-to-save-a-outdoor-bonsai-kept-indoors-all-winter/comment-page-1#comment-698 The Muse Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:14:59 +0000 http://www.japanesebonsaicare.com/japanese-bonsai/how-to-save-a-outdoor-bonsai-kept-indoors-all-winter#comment-698 Rob mentions Bill Choat in his answer. He's an Answers member and he's great. Here's a link to his website. http://www.american-bonsai.com I hope you manage to straighten out this problem with your bonsai.<br><b>References : </b><br> Rob mentions Bill Choat in his answer. He's an Answers member and he's great. Here's a link to his website.

http://www.american-bonsai.com

I hope you manage to straighten out this problem with your bonsai.
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]]> By: Rob http://www.japanesebonsaicare.com/japanese-bonsai/how-to-save-a-outdoor-bonsai-kept-indoors-all-winter/comment-page-1#comment-697 Rob Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:53:59 +0000 http://www.japanesebonsaicare.com/japanese-bonsai/how-to-save-a-outdoor-bonsai-kept-indoors-all-winter#comment-697 Maples need to go through their natural dormancy period, and you starved it from that. It almost had the equivalent of staying awake all night and now the plant is in overdrive. Im also quite new to bonsai, but all I know is that you need to get it back to its regular cycle. Im not too sure how to go about doing this...but I just thought i'd put in what I know. You should try contacting Bill Choat...he's a bonsai enthusiast who helped me online once. You might be able to find his name in yahoo answers since thats where I first found out about him. GOOD LUCK!<br><b>References : </b><br> Maples need to go through their natural dormancy period, and you starved it from that. It almost had the equivalent of staying awake all night and now the plant is in overdrive.

Im also quite new to bonsai, but all I know is that you need to get it back to its regular cycle. Im not too sure how to go about doing this…but I just thought i'd put in what I know.

You should try contacting Bill Choat…he's a bonsai enthusiast who helped me online once. You might be able to find his name in yahoo answers since thats where I first found out about him.

GOOD LUCK!
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