Steve,
The buttonwoods wilt after every repotting. Keep them warm, moist and even
place them into a large plastic bag, but out of sun for two weeks. It should
be fine.
Jerry Meislik
Whitefish Montana USA
Zone 4-5
http://www.bonsaihunk.8m.com/
I recently picked up my first buttonwood at the MABA convention in Cincinnati
earlier this month. This past weekend I repotted it into a large training pot
from a plastic flowerpot. The new mix consisted of probably 3 parts pine bark,
2 parts 1/8" haydite, 1 parts 1/8" grit, 1 part coir (a byproduct of coconut
production), and a couple of handfuls of milled sphagnum peat (used for seed
starting, not the dry brown stuff) a different mix from what I normally use.

The tips of the branches seem to almost wilting, not quite though, just limp.
The leaves are still upright in respect to the stem, but the stem droops, so
the overall appearance looks pretty haggard. I watered it in well and kept on
eye on things for the next day or so. The soil dried considerably, enough for
to water again, but the stem tips still seem quite limp. The tree receives
morning sun from sunrise to about 11:00 am (north side of my garage) and then
maybe from 6:00 pm till dark.

Is it normal for buttonwood to resent repotting and medium root pruning? By
medium, I mean removal of maybe 1/3 to 3/8 of the root ball (there is still a
good size root ball of fine feeder roots, a bit one sided, but still quite
reasonably sized).

Steve Parr - Cincinnati, Ohio -
USDA Zone 6, Sunset Zone 35

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