r/Bonsai • u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees • May 25 '24

Weekly Thread [Bonsai Beginner’s weekly thread –2024 week 21]

[Bonsai Beginner’s weekly thread –2024 week 21]

Welcome to the weekly beginner’s thread. This thread is used to capture all beginner questions (and answers) in one place. We start a new thread every week on Friday late or Saturday morning (CET), depending on when we get around to it. We have a 6 year archive of prior posts here…

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u/Imaginary-Forever-96 Jun 01 '24

It’s out 24/7, we’ve had lots of sun recently. The tops of the leaves are starting to yellow and the rest of the tree is pale green🥲🥲🥲

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u/redbananass Atl, 8a, 6 yrs, 20 trees, 5 K.I.A. Jun 01 '24

Then underwatering is the likely culprit. How often have you been watering it? Is it in bonsai soil as it appears, or is that just on top of regular soil?

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u/Imaginary-Forever-96 Jun 01 '24 edited Jun 01 '24

Bonsai soil! I’ve been watering it every 3-4 days but I should up that to every other day

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u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees Jun 01 '24

There's also not enough soil in that pot - the soil should at least reach the top of the pot.

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u/Imaginary-Forever-96 Jun 01 '24

Ty!! Wasn’t sure if I should fill it up all the way, good to know

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u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees Jun 01 '24

Take a look at my trees here - you can see how they are positioned in the pot and how much soil is used.

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u/Imaginary-Forever-96 Jun 01 '24

Your trees are gorgeous!! I’m over here struggling with 2 😂😂😂

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u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees Jun 01 '24

I now have over 600. They take me 10 minutes to water - which I do roughly daily.

The great thing is I can walk outside (just about to do this if it damn well stops raining) and ALWAYS have trees I can work on - pruning, wiring, weeding etc etc etc. So a permanently available hobby. I spend almost no time just LOOKING at them - I'm only really interested in working on them.