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Posted 2 months 4 weeks ago #87284
I bought a Fukien tea tree bonsai and it has?
less leaves than when I bought it?
6 months ago.?
Can you advise me to help it recover from this.?
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Posted 2 months 4 weeks ago #87289
That is what happens to almost all of them.

The only successful growing of fukien tea tree on this forum is from a member living in year round humid subtropical climate and grow the tree outdoors. In the same area they grow fukiens as hedges.

Fukiens in temperate areas or indoors is to concider similar as cut tulips in the spring. Something you bring into your home to enjoy for a wile and then dispose when not looking good anymore.?
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Posted 2 months 4 weeks ago #87290
Ok but i bought it from a garden centre and they
managed to grow it well
Along with other bonsai trees, plus I live in England not in a humid atmosphere.?
But I spray the bonsai frequently.?
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Posted 2 months 4 weeks ago #87291
It may well be that the trees in the garden center is sold within a few months after import and they do not at all grow them well over time. At least that is the situation in my local garden centers.

If they actually grow them well, my suggestion is to take all advice from them and not from this forum. Here is noone that has managed it.

Good luck! And please update us no matter if it is a success or a failure. There is knowledge to gain from both of them.
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Posted 2 months 3 weeks ago #87292
Hello!
I agree, unfortunatelly we have seen a lot of those cases around here with Fukien tea trees without a happy ending.
Some people grow Fukiens very well here in Brazil, but there's a huge difference in climate.

Maybe if grown in a greenhouse... I don't know.
But please, know that we're just being honest, it is what it is, and there's a lot of other species you can make bonsai from that can thrive in your climate!
Good luck with it!
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