Hi everyone. I JUST bought a small Sweet Plum bonsai but its my first of this kind. Any suggestions as to what it needs, lighting, water, etc.? I plan to keep it in an office with Florescent lights and facing a northerly wondow. Will that suffice?
Thanks!
Matt
-
Gnome
- Super Green Thumb
- Posts: 5122
- Joined: Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:17 am
- Location: Western PA USDA Zone 6A
Matt,
I can't offer any specifics for this species but if the fluorescent lighting you refer to is the ceiling office lights then that may not be enough light. Ceiling lights are too far away to be very effective and a Northern window is pretty dim too. If you are able to provide some light close to the plant that would probably be better.
https://www.bonsai4me.com/SpeciesGuide/Sageretia.html
https://www.bonsai-bci.com/species/sageretia.html
Norm
I can't offer any specifics for this species but if the fluorescent lighting you refer to is the ceiling office lights then that may not be enough light. Ceiling lights are too far away to be very effective and a Northern window is pretty dim too. If you are able to provide some light close to the plant that would probably be better.
https://www.bonsai4me.com/SpeciesGuide/Sageretia.html
https://www.bonsai-bci.com/species/sageretia.html
Norm
IME, they require a good deal of light, anything but a northern (worst) exposure, no more than a yard from the window. They also seem to do better when humidity is higher, but do VERY poorly with high organic, high moisture retaining soils. A warmer room, IME, is also better than a cooler one. I've not been able to keep Sageretia for any reasonable length of time and these are variables that I believe have caused failure. The only thing I have not tried is a free-draining soil in a moist, warm, greenhouse-type climate.