Hi, I was given a "Chinese Elm" bonsai last christmas, since moving recently
it's shed all of it's leaves, one reason may well have been it's position in
a draft, it is starting to produce some new shoots now but I could really do
with some guidance on how to encourage it back to full bloom! Please feel
free to email of group if this is too OT.

Thanks in advance

"Synaptic Flow" wrote in message
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Hi, I was given a "Chinese Elm" bonsai last christmas, since moving recently
it's shed all of it's leaves, one reason may well have been it's position in
a draft, it is starting to produce some new shoots now but I could really do
with some guidance on how to encourage it back to full bloom! Please feel
free to email of group if this is too OT.

Thanks in advance


http://www.bonsaisite.com/chineseelm.html says the following :
It is both an indoor and outdoor tree, where it stays semi-evergreen if kept
indoors, but is deciduous if kept out all year.

HTH Jenny

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Hi, I was given a "Chinese Elm" bonsai last christmas, since moving recently
it's shed all of it's leaves, one reason may well have been it's position in
a draft,

It could also be because it's deciduous and loses all its leaves in
winter ;-)

it is starting to produce some new shoots now but I could really do
with some guidance on how to encourage it back to full bloom! Please feel
free to email of group if this is too OT.

Keep it outside, don't let it dry out completely but don't waterlog it.
It will regrow in spring.

Otoh if you have been growing it in a warm place, move it somewhere
cooler gradually - don't give it a shock.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

Synaptic Flow wrote:

Hi, I was given a "Chinese Elm" bonsai last christmas, since moving
recently it's shed all of it's leaves, one reason may well have been it's
position in a draft, it is starting to produce some new shoots now but I
could really do with some guidance on how to encourage it back to full
bloom! Please feel free to email of group if this is too OT.

Thanks in advance

Google is your friend - look for 'Bonsai Primer' there was a very good one a
while ago, but in several recongigs of this computer I've lost the URL.

Rod

"R E Craddock" wrote in message
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Synaptic Flow wrote:

Hi, I was given a "Chinese Elm" bonsai last christmas, since moving
recently it's shed all of it's leaves, one reason may well have been
it's
position in a draft, it is starting to produce some new shoots now but I
could really do with some guidance on how to encourage it back to full
bloom! Please feel free to email of group if this is too OT.

Thanks in advance

Google is your friend - look for 'Bonsai Primer' there was a very good one
a
while ago, but in several recongigs of this computer I've lost the URL.

Rod

Thanks for all your answers, I will investigate further, I did think as an
elm it maybe deciduous, so maybe that's it, thing is I was given it for
christmas last year & it did have leaves all year round.

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:30:06 +0000 (UTC), "Synaptic Flow"
wrote:

Hi, I was given a "Chinese Elm" bonsai last christmas, since moving recently
it's shed all of it's leaves, one reason may well have been it's position in
a draft, it is starting to produce some new shoots now but I could really do
with some guidance on how to encourage it back to full bloom!

If you have a cool greenhouse where it can be protected from winter
wet, it should be OK, and better than being indoors in central
heating. It is deciduous and should make new leaves in Spring.


Pam in Bristol

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 15:29:55 +0000 (UTC), Synaptic Flow wrote:

Thanks for all your answers, I will investigate further, I did think as an
elm it maybe deciduous, so maybe that's it, thing is I was given it for
christmas last year & it did have leaves all year round.

To quote the Hillier Manual, 4th ed.:

Ulmus parvifolia Jacq. (chinensis) (sieboldii). "Chinese elm".
...with small, rich green leaves that persist halfway through the
winter... N. & C. China; Korea; Formosa; Japan.


While Taiwan might be considered sub-tropical in parts, the other
areas in which this species is native have generally cold
winters. I suggest you stop treating your bonsai as a houseplant
and grow it outdoors henceforth. It's probably too late for this
year to bung it straight outside, but if you can transfer it to
cooler conditions in the house, you'll be doing it a favor. Put
it outside on mild days; air movement is an important part of
hardening off plants, and the air in houses is way too stagnant.

If you want houseplants, grow African violets.

But I do admire the fact that your elm is still alive after a
years! You must be doing a lot of things right!

--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Rodger Whitlock wrote:

To quote the Hillier Manual, 4th ed.:

Ulmus parvifolia Jacq. (chinensis) (sieboldii). "Chinese elm".
..with small, rich green leaves that persist halfway through the
winter... N. & C. China; Korea; Formosa; Japan.


I grew some from seed this year courtesy of Chiltern Seeds. Looks as if at least a
couple of them are variegated - could be interesting plants.

--
Rod
http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 15:29:55 +0000 (UTC), Synaptic Flow wrote:

Thanks for all your answers, I will investigate further, I did think as
an
elm it maybe deciduous, so maybe that's it, thing is I was given it for
christmas last year & it did have leaves all year round.

To quote the Hillier Manual, 4th ed.:

Ulmus parvifolia Jacq. (chinensis) (sieboldii). "Chinese elm".
..with small, rich green leaves that persist halfway through the
winter... N. & C. China; Korea; Formosa; Japan.


While Taiwan might be considered sub-tropical in parts, the other
areas in which this species is native have generally cold
winters. I suggest you stop treating your bonsai as a houseplant
and grow it outdoors henceforth. It's probably too late for this
year to bung it straight outside, but if you can transfer it to
cooler conditions in the house, you'll be doing it a favor. Put
it outside on mild days; air movement is an important part of
hardening off plants, and the air in houses is way too stagnant.

If you want houseplants, grow African violets.

But I do admire the fact that your elm is still alive after a
years! You must be doing a lot of things right!

--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Again, thanks to all for the advice, the only reason I'm treating it as a
houseplant is a: due to circumstances beyond my control I haven't had time
to sit down & find out what I'm meant to do with any bonsai, let alone this
one, & b "green fingers" would only apply to myself if suffering from
advanced gangereen!! I've never had a garden to work in before & house
plants have tended to wither when ever I look at them, so, if I am doing
something right, it's by sheer luck until now!!