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[IBC] willow leaf bonsai dropping leaves
Thank you and everyone else for your help!
Kelly "Jim Lewis" wrote in message news:009d01c411bb$d1adc780$5c112cc7@pavilion... Won't it be susceptible to disease outside? MUCH less than inside. Trees belong outside. We bring them inside because some folks like green in the house (shudder), but MOST trees don't like it indoors. The indoor environment is very hostile -- too dry, often too hot, in the summer, air conditioning can make it too cold (and again, very dry) -- but mostly too dry, MUCH too dry. Misting and humidity trays do very little (almost nothing!) to raise the humidity. Bringing in a humidifier to raise the humidity to what the plant wants will make the indoor environment uncomfortable for YOU -- and mildew your furniture. Outside, there is sunlight, natural breezes -- and HUMIDITY (unless you live in Yuma). All trees revel in these conditions. You are much more likely to get a serious infestation of mites, aphids, scale, etc. indoors than out, because the indoor environment stresses the trees and they don't have the resources to fight back, AND because natural predators are not present. As for diseases, the sunlight, wind, and rain help keep many fungus diseases at bay -- though watering the leaves (as in rain) _can_ promote others. However, the same applies indoors when you water your plants. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it should have - Paul Bigelow Sears. ************************************************** ************************** **** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ************************** **** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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