Please feel free to take a look at my photo album of indoor plants and offer any general thoughts. Of particular 'interest' is the dried out moss covering on my indoor bonsai although I have immersed the bonsai in sink water every or every second day. And the mushrooms that went nuts in my peace lilly pot and the white fluffy stuff on some soil (fungus?).
We have had very hot and dry weather (Australian summer, Canberra).
Also note the Wollemi - seems to be going okay, and the grey water (laundry) effect on the otherwise very dry and parched lawn. I am concerned about salt (sodium) build up in the soil if this is harmful (we use powdered laundry detergent).
https://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p30/Aristotlespics/?start=0
The majority of your houseplants look fine to me. I can't think of the name of this one, but I'm thinking it might be too moist.
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Same thougths with this little one.
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Your diffenbachia could use the dead leaf trimmed off. Your maidenhair fern on the right does look dead. I'd trim off all the dead growth and see if it sprouts again. I would also remove the dead growth on the other one. They like humidity, so maybe misting once a day will help them out.
I can't help you on the moss, but hopefully someone more knowledgeable will be able to.
Newt
https://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p30/Aristotlespics/?action=view¤t=DSCF1388.jpg
https://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p30/Aristotlespics/?action=view¤t=DSCF1387.jpg
Same thougths with this little one.
https://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p30/Aristotlespics/?action=view¤t=DSCF1385.jpg
Your diffenbachia could use the dead leaf trimmed off. Your maidenhair fern on the right does look dead. I'd trim off all the dead growth and see if it sprouts again. I would also remove the dead growth on the other one. They like humidity, so maybe misting once a day will help them out.
I can't help you on the moss, but hopefully someone more knowledgeable will be able to.
Newt
The Bonsai looks fine. Maybe you could use a specialist Bonsai fertiliser.Aristotle wrote:Please feel free to take a look at my photo album of indoor plants and offer any general thoughts. Of particular 'interest' is the dried out moss covering on my indoor bonsai although I have immersed the bonsai in sink water every or every second day. And the mushrooms that went nuts in my peace lilly pot and the white fluffy stuff on some soil (fungus?).
We have had very hot and dry weather (Australian summer, Canberra).
Also note the Wollemi - seems to be going okay, and the grey water (laundry) effect on the otherwise very dry and parched lawn. I am concerned about salt (sodium) build up in the soil if this is harmful (we use powdered laundry detergent).
https://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p30/Aristotlespics/?start=0
Not much variety. A few herbs or flowering bulbs would a nice addition to your range.
[/quote]Aristotle wrote:bonsai fertiliser eh? My girlfriend (now fiance!) tells me that a bonsai is not really meant to grow, is this true?
Also now that winter is approaching I am keeping it closer to a window with direct light, is this wise?
I had a Bonsai a long time ago, the fertiliser helped alot. It comes in pots of little granules which have to be disolved in a particular amount of water, then water the tree with that.
Also, getting the right kind of soil for it helps.
It's not quite true about not growing. My tree grew slowly, and eventually produced some new branches. It's best to let it grow a bit, so it can have enough leaves. Then you can prune it so it doesn't get too big.
I can't remember the particulars like light requirements and watering schedule. You could find that out by searching on search engines.
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Aristotle,
Young trees are not usually put into bonsai pots until they have reached a certain level of maturity. The reason is that once confined in a small pot it becomes difficult to encourage the strong growth that a young tree needs to mature.
As far as bonsai fertilizer is concerned, while there is fertilizer that is packaged as "bonsai fertilizer" it is by no means a necessity. Whatever general purpose fertilizer you are using for the rest of your plants is appropriate for your bonsai.
There has been several recent threads in both the bonsai forum and the bonsai gallery dealing with Buxus. How is your tree doing? Did you ever decide to move it outside?
Norm
No its not true, your tree is a living thing if it does not grow it is dead. There is an ebb and flow to growing bonsai, they are not static. No tree looks its best all the time, it is the nature of the medium.bonsai fertiliser eh? My girlfriend (now fiance!) tells me that a bonsai is not really meant to grow, is this true?
Young trees are not usually put into bonsai pots until they have reached a certain level of maturity. The reason is that once confined in a small pot it becomes difficult to encourage the strong growth that a young tree needs to mature.
As far as bonsai fertilizer is concerned, while there is fertilizer that is packaged as "bonsai fertilizer" it is by no means a necessity. Whatever general purpose fertilizer you are using for the rest of your plants is appropriate for your bonsai.
There has been several recent threads in both the bonsai forum and the bonsai gallery dealing with Buxus. How is your tree doing? Did you ever decide to move it outside?
Norm