Chinese Elm Bonsai Tree Leaves Falling Off
Chinese elm often very fast.
Chinese elm bonsai tree leaves falling off. I was worried about under watering and potentially dried out roots. For starters it s nothing to worry about the majority of the time providing your bonsai tree is healthy and staying fed your chinese elm losing leaves will most likely be a seasonal shed. Bonsai loses leaves or needles due to disease. With strong bonsai e.
Your bonsai might have a problem if you notice abnormal leaf dropping or stickiness on the foliage. The leaves dropping off the bonsai is due to a decrease in daylight and temperature as the seasons change. Another reason it may drop more leaves in september or october is that the days are getting shorter so it feels a bit autumnal. Typical outdoor bonsai species include the juniper and the chinese elm.
Visible insects are of course another telling sign. I was worried that the shipping would hurt the tree since it took a week to get to me due to delivery delays. If you suspect an illness such as pine wilt ask a specialist. Assuming your tree is losing leaves not because of the season but due to a problem this is what you should be looking at.
Leaf scorch first manifests in brown and yellow leaf margins but if a chinese elm is not attended to quickly enough entire leaves turn brown or black and fall from the tree. If the tree is still alive it will often recover again. Treat the tree with a gentle organic pesticide as soon as you see signs of a pest problem. I just received a 10 year old chinese elm two weeks ago.
When leaves start dropping off it s the normal reaction to water your chinese elm and in some cases this is definitely the right thing to do. It will stabilize and in 4 5 weeks lots of new buds will emerge and then it will get going again. I m very new to bonsai. Chinese elm bonsai trees fall victim to the same pests that any house plant can face.
Both overwatering as well as under watering can lead to leaves falling off with seemingly no reason at all. Strong foliage loss due to disease occurs much less frequently in bonsai trees than is often assumed. As a rule of thumb regardless of whether it comes to an indoor or an outdoor bonsai you want to water your tiny tree only when the soil feels slightly dry to the touch about an inch deep.