Help I think it's dead!
Hi, I bought two (minature) bonsai two weeks ago. The soil was dry when I got them but I put them in the sink as suggested on this site and now the soil is damp but all the leaves are either yellow or dry and brittle. Even the branches/twigs are dry. Please help I think I killed them! I#m going to try and put photos on in a minute. Thank you for all your help! I live in London, England.
Pictures hopefully - of my 'dead' plant 
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lorainep,
I'm sorry I can't tell a thing from your photo. I was going to re-post it full size it but it is so badly out of focus that I did not bother. Perhaps you can post another, better, picture/s. What kind of trees are they? Where are you keeping them, inside or out?
Norm
I'm sorry I can't tell a thing from your photo. I was going to re-post it full size it but it is so badly out of focus that I did not bother. Perhaps you can post another, better, picture/s. What kind of trees are they? Where are you keeping them, inside or out?
This is usually only suggested as an emergency measure and not for a prolonged length of time. If they were that dry and you soaked and then drained them that is not the issue. How often, and how, have you been watering them.I put them in the sink as suggested on this site
With dead foliage and damp soil you have to be very careful when you water next. Do not keep it wet, neither should you let it dry out.the soil is damp but all the leaves are either yellow or dry and brittle. Even the branches/twigs are dry.
Norm
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