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Old 15-09-2006, 09:24 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Mike wrote:
I bought this small ( 5 inch) pine in a 2 inch pot at a Oriental art and
craft store. It seems to be drooping now. Lady said maybe 5 foliar sprays
of water and 2 at the base "not every day". It's inside and doesn't get sun
right now. But in the store it only maybe got 2 hours sun.

Help.


Is this a bonsai? A lot of the cheap bonsais for sale are badly potted
in the wrong kind of dirt, and the only way they are able to be sold is
that it takes dying plants a good bit of time to turn brown and dry
out.

Pines need to be outside to live. Not only does it need a lot of sun,
but it needs good air circulation and to go through dormancy in the
winter as part of it's life cycle. Pines naturally grown in rocky
areas and like fast draining soil. They don't like to stand in wet
soil all the time

My advice is to put it outside immediately, and repot it if the soil is
draining slow.