Monday, July 18, 2011

I just repotted and trimmed my Fukien Tea...Now what?

Got the plant in Dec, 2010 as a holiday gift (from a garden center) She has been doing well at home indoors on a landing with lots of sun. I repotted in a bonsai container today and trimmed the 5" of root mass to a smaller oval that's now not quite 3" @depth and widest. Then trimmed away like 45% of the branches that crossed and were vertical....attempting the bonsai image...and probably close to 75% of the foliage was cut back, too, but there's still plenty of leaves and two small canopies forming amongst the spacer developing growth. I like where it's @ in "the bonsai training". Guess my question is about what to expect. Water, mist....got that and have read not to feed for a month or 6 weeks...I figure wait till june and hope it lives...what's your experience with the species?

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