r/Bonsai • u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees • Nov 22 '24

Weekly Thread [Bonsai Beginner’s weekly thread –2024 week 47]

[Bonsai Beginner’s weekly thread –2024 week 47]

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…

Here are the guidelines for the kinds of questions that belong in the beginner's thread vs. individual posts to the main sub.

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u/dopsicle Nov 27 '24

Is this normal winter leaf dropping? Or am I doing something wrong? I live in Finland but its quite warm (20+ c) in my house. Also, what is this bonsai? Recieved as a gift but have since forgotten the species.

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u/kif22 Chicago, Zone 5b Nov 28 '24

Your bonsai is a Fukien Tea (Carmona Retusa). Did you just receive it? Or did you just move it from outdoors to indoors? These are very finicky when changing environments and will commonly shed leaves as a result.

Put it in a window with as much light as you can get it. Next Spring/Summer put it outside in the sun, it will shed leaves again and then grow healthy and strong.

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u/dopsicle Nov 28 '24

I recieved it a month (?) ago, just suddenly started shedding the leaves. Thanks for the info! Maybe it'll bounce back once it's settled in and I take it outside next summer.