buying online bonsai
hi I just bought a chinese elm bonsai thing is the guy will be sending it in two days and I told him to put the tree in abox will the tree live without ventilation and what about light will it survive withought light for two days
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uzeyr,
I don't grow them indoors but common sense dictates a bright location and lacking that, supplemental lighting will be beneficial. Keep it away from heat sources and dry air. Consider the use of a humidity tray.
Are you really committed to keeping it inside? Do you know how it has been managed recently, was it inside or outside before you purchased it?
Norm
I don't grow them indoors but common sense dictates a bright location and lacking that, supplemental lighting will be beneficial. Keep it away from heat sources and dry air. Consider the use of a humidity tray.
Are you really committed to keeping it inside? Do you know how it has been managed recently, was it inside or outside before you purchased it?
Norm
hi I asked the guy and he said that the tree was imported from china this year september and was kept in a glass house explains the well kept shape and no apparent scars but the tree is really loose from its pot I mean I can simply lift it out of the pot the root ball is fine(it is the exact shape of the pot ) but the tree not stcking to the pot u know wat I mean I can lift the tree out of the pot with the root ball with no pressure at all the tree looks really healthy though also well shaped and wired
The unfortunate thing here is that the REseller doesn't really know what he's selling when he's imported it from China (or anywhere else for that matter). Only the original grower/cultivator knows for sure how the tree has been kept, whether it's been indoors or ooutdoors, etc. Being that it was imported in September, the REseller doesn't have a four season plan/experience with the tree either. SO... like me, you're flying by the seat of your pants with this tree and hoping what you do turns out well. The only way you can test if it will thrive in the situation you would like to keep it is if you actually try it (and are willing to risk the tree).
hi well having said that mine is the smooth from and looks like the dwarf form the picture below shows the tree exactly how it is bythe way for watering how ?I mean do I water when the surface is dry or when the the pot feels light a little help
thanx
the elm I choose was this one isnt it a beauty the elm is much smaller than it looks nontheless just as charming
[img]https://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo259/uzeyr_bonsai/ce63_1.jpg[/img]
thanx
the elm I choose was this one isnt it a beauty the elm is much smaller than it looks nontheless just as charming
[img]https://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo259/uzeyr_bonsai/ce63_1.jpg[/img]