Hi! All the leaves died and fell off my bonsai, but she’s still got some green stems coming out. How do I help her? I water her when the soil is dry. She gets at least light from the window and then a grow light on her for about 6 hours or so a day.
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Oh lawdy!
Well, the green is coming from the plant cannibalizing moisture and nutrients.
These guys are really good at conserving water in their trunk.
The trunk looks completely dehydrated. This makes me think the roots are compromised, meaning they can’t take up moisture so it’s trying to create new growth by sucking up whatever is left from the trunk.
If that growth continues, you may be able to attempt propagation? I’ve never attempted propagation like this.
Overall the plant appears to be dead.
Yeah she’s dead looks like root rot.
Just let her go.
girl no
I know everyone says it’s dead but… I once revived one of those that had no leaves left at all, the trunk looked a little better than yours though.
Honestly it costs nothing to try, make sure the water can exit the bottom of the pot, and that it doesn’t stay wet all the time. I personally would cut the 2 long branches, if it can come back it’ll be from the trunk.
I wouldn’t repot it in a larger pot, they enjoy being in small pots. If you have good soil available and think the current soul isn’t draining enough you could try replacing part of the soil.
I’d say there is maybe 2% chances it’ll resuscitate but I would try if I were you!