--- 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…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/QHH79mBBRKqJOvL7zCdcaw?language=ko" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Ireland yates" published: "2024-06-28T22:11:20.581445Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/IIyvNMAZKMrr_MVIwBiHL4mY_hchXXtQp6CPIDlEyr4/YELQpZQhQv-nj3fvA6un3g.webp?size=large" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # Can someone maybe help me with this guy. Is a bonsai I’m tying to… _Ireland yates님이 2024-06-28에 게시함_ 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. ![2개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/IIyvNMAZKMrr_MVIwBiHL4mY_hchXXtQp6CPIDlEyr4/YELQpZQhQv-nj3fvA6un3g.webp?size=large) ![2개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/IIyvNMAZKMrr_MVIwBiHL4mY_hchXXtQp6CPIDlEyr4/Q7j-4koWSPKxZGxNdoPbFQ.webp?size=large) ## 9개의 댓글 ### All\_things\_plants님이 2024-06-29에 댓글을 남겼어요. How much sun does it get #### Ireland yates님이 2024-06-29에 답변했습니다. Not as much as it should Im just realizing ### All\_things\_plants님이 2024-06-29에 댓글을 남겼어요. It needs bright indirect light and little water they store water in there trunks #### Ireland yates님이 2024-06-29에 답변했습니다. Thank you! I did water it in the past week when I repotted it ### MikeNeedsMorePlants님이 2024-06-29에 댓글을 남겼어요. 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! #### MikeNeedsMorePlants님이 2024-06-29에 답변했습니다. 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 😉👍🏻 #### MikeNeedsMorePlants님이 2024-06-29에 답변했습니다. 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 :) ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/-LWzBLaV5l6nRxSL_4G_JmA3jHTVbU_NyHLK_eXBVJk/5_JsmKBnQ1iyXhQLv4Hr2g.webp?size=large) #### Ireland yates님이 2024-07-01에 답변했습니다. 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. #### MikeNeedsMorePlants님이 2024-07-01에 답변했습니다. Good luck! :) Mine's under a grow light too and he loves it --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_