Chief Rum
04-24-2005, 04:15 PM
Any horticulture experts here?
I am having trouble with a Bonsai plant I received as a gift. It's important to me to try and keep this one alive (because of the friend who gave it to me), so I am a bit flustered trying to figure out what I need to do here.
This is one of those little bonsai you can buy in the store, with a pot with a water hole in the bottom (you fill a larger container like a pot with water and then let the tree sit in it to suck up the water).
Anyway, I am reading I have to keep the soil moist but allow the plant to dry between waterings. Indications are this is usually relatively long, at least a day or two. But mine seems to dry in hours, and I am afraid I am misunderstanding and overwatering this thing (done it two times already since yesterday afternoon).
And what really concerns me is that it already looks like it's getting a bit less green, like it's not being fed at all.
Anyway, if anyone hear can give me any suggestions, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
CR
I am having trouble with a Bonsai plant I received as a gift. It's important to me to try and keep this one alive (because of the friend who gave it to me), so I am a bit flustered trying to figure out what I need to do here.
This is one of those little bonsai you can buy in the store, with a pot with a water hole in the bottom (you fill a larger container like a pot with water and then let the tree sit in it to suck up the water).
Anyway, I am reading I have to keep the soil moist but allow the plant to dry between waterings. Indications are this is usually relatively long, at least a day or two. But mine seems to dry in hours, and I am afraid I am misunderstanding and overwatering this thing (done it two times already since yesterday afternoon).
And what really concerns me is that it already looks like it's getting a bit less green, like it's not being fed at all.
Anyway, if anyone hear can give me any suggestions, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
CR