I recently bought a ficus pre-bonsai. Should I give the tree some time to acclimate to its new environment before doing any work on it or does it not really matter?
Training Pre-bonsai Ficus. Your new ficus will probably drop some leaves for several weeks while it is acclimating to its new home but it doesn’t really matter if you wait or do your tree work now, as the ficus will bounce right back in 4 weeks or so. I would do the training before the new growth starts but after the acclimation period begins, that way you won’t be cutting off new growth that has just begun to grow. ^ TOP Q. I got a serissa in spring and now, in November, the leaves are growing sparce. New growth appears but does not open out. It is under a light bulb about 18in. from the plant that is on 24 hrs. I use a liquid fertilizer diluted in the water. Winter Changes in Serissa. I suspect the immediate problem is that the tree is not drying out enough between waterings. The symptom of new growth beginning but not coming out as you say is indicative of this. Trees which have very few leaves use much less water and you need to compensate for this. Do not fertilize the tree until
