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title: "Can someone maybe help me with this guy. Is a bonsai I’m tying to…"
description: "Can someone maybe help me with this guy. Is a bonsai I’m tying to save for a friend and I just repotted it. It’s still loosing leaves and I’m not to sure what…"
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# Can someone maybe help me with this guy. Is a bonsai I’m tying to…

_Gepostet von Ireland yates am 2024-06-28_

Can someone maybe help me with this guy. Is a bonsai I’m tying to save for a friend and I just repotted it. It’s still loosing leaves and I’m not to sure what more I can do to help it.

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## 9 Kommentare

### All\_things\_plants kommentierte am 2024-06-29

How much sun does it get

#### Ireland yates antwortete am 2024-06-29

Not as much as it should Im just realizing

### All\_things\_plants kommentierte am 2024-06-29

It needs bright indirect light and little water they store water in there trunks

#### Ireland yates antwortete am 2024-06-29

Thank you! I did water it in the past week when I repotted it

### MikeNeedsMorePlants kommentierte am 2024-06-29

That's a Ficus ginseng! Great plant but can be fussy. I can't predict his chance of survival (barely any leaves left, which he needs to photosynthesize so he can grow NEW leaves) but you'd be surprised how hardy plants can be. That growth at the bottom right looks promising!

#### MikeNeedsMorePlants antwortete am 2024-06-29

My advice: be careful about overwatering. Ficus ginseng need to be watered when the top 1 in of soil is dry. If you remember from science class, photosynthesis is a chemical reaction that can only work if you have water, CO2, and chlorophyll (i.e. the green parts of the plant that can absorb light energy. This can also include stems for some plants!).

Right now, your plant has very little "green" to collect that light energy, so this is his scarcest resource. If you're providing too much water, but there is no light energy to use, then the water has nowhere to go and stays in the soil. And before you stick your plant in direct sunlight for maximum light absorption, remember that plants have different light tolerances. Sticking a low light plant in direct sunlight will cause the leaves to sunburn because they're not genetically fit to receive that much sun at once. Bright indirect is recommended, as All\_things\_plants says. Good luck 😉👍🏻

#### MikeNeedsMorePlants antwortete am 2024-06-29

Also here is a pic of my Ginseng! He shed like half his leaves over winter (still not sure why), but I was surprised to see him push out new buds from his woody stems! Thought there was no hope for the branches without any leaves, but it looks like he's enjoying his current environment and making up for that temper tantrum he had, haha :)

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#### Ireland yates antwortete am 2024-07-01

Thank you !!! I do have some buds on it and I have it under a grow light. I’m just trying to save it for a friend but she did some damage so hopefully it will be okay.

#### MikeNeedsMorePlants antwortete am 2024-07-01

Good luck! :) Mine's under a grow light too and he loves it

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