On 14/07/2013 15:53, Stephen Thomas Cole wrote:
Hello. 4 years ago I planted a couple of cobnuts from a nut tree that my
late father planted when I was a kid (the seed of which came from a tree
*his* father had planted decades earlier). I put one of the seedlings in a
bed in my garden and kep another in a small flowerpot, with the intention
being to "bonsai" it.

All was going well until I went away to Glastonbury for a week and 'er
indoors didn't bother watering it. I returned and was sad to see that my
previously lush little nut tree looked thoroughly dead. All leaves were
dried out and curled up.

I've stood the tree in its pot in a bucket of water, and it's been lustily
slurping away for the last week or more. I'm pleased to say that it must
still be alive as, even though *all* of its leaves have fallen off, a new
one has just sprouted out of the end of a branch in the last couple of
days.

My question is, is there anything else I can/should do to help it
recuperate? It is in a flowerpot with a 6 inch diameter and about 7
inchese tall. The tree is about 7 inches tall, with a couple of thick
(comparitively speaking!) branches and several spindly ones. I last
changed the soil last spring (2012).

I am not a gardener in any way, shape or form, so would appreciate any
advice. I would be quite sad to lose it, the "bonsai" project was coming
along really well, and working a treat as its sibling growing free is
about 10x bigger!

I hope it's not still in the water, water it frequently in this weather
and stand it somewhere shaded.