How to gather a outdoor bonsai kept indoors adjectives winter? I'm very new to bonsai, and made the mistake of keeping my...
I'm very new to bonsai, and made the mistake of keeping my Japanese maple indoors adjectives winter. It is about a foot tall and be very healthy in the past. Now half of the leaves have fall off and the other half don't look enormously good. One bud released a tiny sickly looking leaf. With winter at lowest possible four months away, what is the best thing to do to keep this maple alive?
Rob mentions Bill Choat surrounded by 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 muddle through to straighten out this problem with your bonsai.
Rob is right in aphorism that you starved the tree of it's dormancy period and now it is stressed.
Because you said it did enjoy a bud, at least you know it's still alive and there is some hope.
Here's what I would do -
Get it stern outside into a very protected area. Protect from strong wind, as it will cause rapid drying of the soil. Protect from full sun, because any strange "sickly" leaves will burn up. Placing it under a high sun shelter tree would be good as it would still receive filtered sunlight, but not burn. Apply minimal fertilizer, singular enough to ensure proper nutrients but not forcefully encourage hot growth. Keep the soil somewhat moist, but not soggy, do not allow to dry completely.
If it is in a bonsai pot with extraordinarily 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 obedient for a stressed plant, especially this time of year, I have used this as a last break effort to save a tree.
Good luck
Answers: Maples want to go through their natural dormancy length, and you starved it from that. It almost had the equivalent of staying awake all dark and now the plant is in overdrive.
Im also moderately new to bonsai, but all I know is that you obligation to get it back to its regular cycle. Im not too sure how to be in motion about doing this...but I just thought i'd put within 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 describe in HomeABC.net since thats where on earth I first found out about him.
GOOD LUCK!