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| Hi to everyone Im a real newbie to bonsai`s but have been interested in them for bout 6 months first getting interested when I decided to buy my mother a chinese elm for her birthday. Since then I have been reading books and kept saying I would buy one for myself and finally got one this week when I was bought it for my birthday by my girlfriend she bought me a serissa. Its really lovely and have got my first little flower today. I have been looking on here at peoples pics of there bonsai and what gorgeous trees they are. I have just bid on ebay for some seedlings as I would really love to watch and grow something myself as it really fascinates me, The seedlings are Japenese maples theres 7 in a training pot and they are 2 yrs old. Am sure I will be posting very soon as have many many questions
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| Hi Renosar, Welcome to Bonsai Garden Forums. Yes please come back if you have any questions that is what we are here for, to try to help and advise you. I read that you bought your mother a Chinese Elm. I know in the UK they do sell them as 'indoor bonsai', but I must stress to you that they grow much more profusely out doors. Keeping them indoors can cause lots of problems, especially during the winter months when one has the central heating on, then the circulating air around them is much too dry. My advice to you, if it is indoors atm, get it outside, so that it gets acclimatised to living outside before the onset of winter.
Kath
UK - Zone 8
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| Yes my mother has a chinese elm and it is indoors she has it on a humidity tray with gravel in the tray wouldnt that help it with the heat in the house during the winter? I have a serissa how do they handle being in the house with the heating on? I got very excited as I got my first flower on my serissa a few days ago but I got up this morning and it has dropped off is this nomal?? I will try and put a pic on here when I get a min.
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SENSEI?
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| Hello again. My earlier reply on here seems to have disappeared. As I said on another forum, your mother's tree will deteriorate if it doesn't get the natural elements outside. The same applies to your maples but don't let the doggies get at them.
My name is Don and I'm a bonsaiholic.
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| If my mother puts her elm outside does she just leave it in its bonsai pot and put it somewhere outside or does she have to plant it in the garden and that goes for the maples Ive bought do I just leave them in there training pot outside then repot them next spring as you say, or do I need to plany them in the garden? Will the elm and the maples need to be bought inside if the weather gets too bad? When I bought the Chinese elm it says indoor tree on the shops web site!! Are the maples totally outdoor or will I just leave them out sometimes and indoor sometimes?
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| The choice is hers or yours. If it remains in the pot it will be possible to bring it in for exhibition or swank. Planted in the garden, it will grow and thicken faster but that is usually a temporary arrangement for that very purpose. Remember that bonsai means a planting in a tray or shallow container. You can't call it bonsai while its planted in the garden. There is no such thing as an 'indoor tree'. Species which are native to sub-tropical areas need protection during cold weather but native varieties obviously don't. If they are brought inside, it should be into a cool bright area and only for a short time.
My name is Don and I'm a bonsaiholic.
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