Jess1
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Bonsai tree dying. Help please.

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this is my bonsai tree. (I think its one). I got it as a gift a few years ago. She didnt give me any information about the plant I don't even know what kind of bonsai (if one) it is. Its fall atm and my bonsai looks like its dying. The trunk(s) looks like its shriveling up and I'm not sure why. over the summer I had it in my sun room by the window where it got a lot of sun and my ferret knocked it off the window a couple of times and I would always put it back in the pot but one day I noticed there wasnt enough soul in the pot so I grabbed some dirt from my outdoor garden since I just recently put some new soil in the garden I thought it would be okay for the bonsai tree since I used the same soil. I'm not quite good with wording things so I hope someone understands what I was trying to say and I hope someone can help me figure out how to save my tree. I have other indoor plants that seem to be doing perfect but then again ones a wandering jewel and the others a heart philodendren something. anyways I'm hoping someone will help me please

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Your tree is a ginseng ficus. Bonsai is a bit in the eye of the beholder and has to do with how the tree has been shaped and maintained.

But bonsai trees do not do well with garden soil. The usual "soil" for bonsai is mostly inorganic, like maybe a mixture of very fine rock and some bark chips and maybe a small amount of actual soil.

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Jess1,

Agree w/RBG concerning ID. The shriveled root is cause for concern, looks like it is rotten. This is probably due to the heavy/organic soil that RBG alluded to in conjunction with too frequent watering.

I suspect that only drastic measures will save it now, unfortunately you might also hasten its demise.

Norm

Jess1
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So what is my best option in saving my bonsai? Thank you for identifying

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You're watering way too much, and that is not good. Cut back on the watering, only water when the soil is dry. Get the humidity around the tree up as high as you can. Give it as much light as you can. It may come back, but the tree is pretty bad off.

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I'm sorry but once they shrivel up like that its most likely not going to make it

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Ya, I would be very surprised if it survived since this thread started.

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manIK wrote:Ya, I would be very surprised if it survived since this thread started.
As is often the case, we were not able to supply the preffered answer, so the thread got dropped.



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