Any hope for this Bodhi tree bonsai? The leaves are clearly dead.. but can it come back from this? Only had it for a few weeks! Care details in comments..
Ok, purchased on a whim, no bonsai experience, but the store gave me instructions which I have been trying to follow. I had it in my plant room a few feet from a south window. Never got direct light, and due to an overhang and trees, I’d say it’s only medium indirect light from that south window? Also, 3 feet under an LED bulb that seems to help my pothos and maranta plants. Soil seemed dry when I got it, but I waited several days to soak it in a bowl of water. Last week, a few leaves started turning yellow from the middle. I thought maybe not enough light, and the guy at the plant nursery said he kept all of his outside, so figured I’d try it out on my covered deck. Due to the extended roof of my deck and more trees, it only gets indirect light from the east in the morning and evening, maybe an hour of direct west around 7 p.m. I watered it before going out of town for 5 days and came back to very limp leaves. Immediately watered it again, hoping they would bounce back, and next day they were straight up crispy and dead! I live in Texas and it is currently around 100 degrees Fahrenheit most days, but I thought it could handle it with decent shade! I’m failing this lil guy. It seems clear I should have left it in my plant room, but where do I go from here? Any suggestions?
Ok, purchased on a whim, no bonsai experience, but the store gave me instructions which I have been trying to follow. I had it in my plant room a few feet from a south window. Never got direct light, and due to an overhang and trees, I’d say it’s only medium indirect light from that south window? Also, 3 feet under an LED bulb that seems to help my pothos and maranta plants. Soil seemed dry when I got it, but I waited several days to soak it in a bowl of water. Last week, a few leaves started turning yellow from the middle. I thought maybe not enough light, and the guy at the plant nursery said he kept all of his outside, so figured I’d try it out on my covered deck. Due to the extended roof of my deck and more trees, it only gets indirect light from the east in the morning and evening, maybe an hour of direct west around 7 p.m. I watered it before going out of town for 5 days and came back to very limp leaves. Immediately watered it again, hoping they would bounce back, and next day they were straight up crispy and dead! I live in Texas and it is currently around 100 degrees Fahrenheit most days, but I thought it could handle it with decent shade! I’m failing this lil guy. It seems clear I should have left it in my plant room, but where do I go from here? Any suggestions?