AusBonsai

Hey guys im Sahara from melbourne..have had a bonsai now for 7 years a big fat fig and this last week kind of gone crazy as my bf bought another for valentines, we went out this weekend and bought 3 more then 3 eysetrday as this lady was selling them as she was moving and they were a great deal.
anyway i got this jappenese maple from her for 40 dollar it 10 years old, but it need some care and attention is very sturdy but someone has been having a go at the leaves, she said that they went away for 3 weeks and were not looked after and hence the leaves seem a little sick. i have checked the leaves and there are some black mark on them looks a little like mould but is not. i founf some very very timny vlack mites on it about 7 onthe whole plant so thye are now gonr and a white spider who made a home between two leaves who is not also gone but id like to know wat to do to help it health.
i have attched some pics of the plant.

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some more pics

Looks OK to me but needs a repot into a good bonsai mix in early spring to give it more vigour.

Grant

just posted some better pics ty for your advice grant

sahara
my little bit of advice for this problem water and fertand repot near end of winter with a high
quality soil
dean

hey dragon do u mean it had to much water ? and fertand is that a speacila soil i have bonssai soil actually im gaterhing it a fertilizer

Sahara wrote:hey dragon do u mean it had to much water ? and fertand is that a speacila soil i have bonssai soil actually im gaterhing it a fertilizer

hi sahara what i mean is keep watering it normally and every 2 weeks fertalize it and when you repot it at end of winter because thats when buds will be swelling
use a good quality soil for it and it should be sweet
sorry about my opinion not being able to understand
cheers dean

dragon wrote:

Sahara wrote:hey dragon do u mean it had to much water ? and fertand is that a special soil i have bonsai soil.. actually im gaterhing it a fertilizer

hi sahara what i mean is keep watering it normally and every 2 weeks fertalize it and when you repot it at end of winter because thats when buds will be swelling
use a good quality soil for it and it should be sweet
sorry about my opinion not being able to understand
cheers dean

all good i will learn quick... any one have any idead about the leaves being munched and the wat the marking are on the back it not a disease i think but i could be wrong..

we are moving into autumn now now so I wouldn't worry too much about the damage --I would spray it twice( one week apart) with a diluted pyrethrum spray- this should slow down bug activity until the leaves get autumn colour and drop off----If your worried about fungus collect all leaves as they fall and put them in the bin- and a light fertilising could also help.then prepare a decent potting mix ready for early spring

Slightly off topic but what's the dog doing in the background of the first pic? Whenever a dog's hunched over like that they're up to no good

Looks like a few different things have had a bit of your leaves. Probably something bigger has chewed the edges of the leaves - could be grasshoppers, leafcutter bees or snails?? but probably not there now.
The silvery pattern on the back of the leaves looks like sucking bugs of some sort - mites?, thrips? hard to tell without seeing. Some are just about too small to see. The pyrethrum Guy suggested should deal with them for now. Give it a good feed now before leaves drop that will build strength for next year. Repotting is usually a good idea with purchased trees - often they have not been done for years; you then know when it was given fresh mix; and you never know how a tree in someone elses mix will respond to you watering, climate, etc.
Repot in late winter into good bonsai mix, never soil but you've had bonsai for 7 years so already know that.

BirchMan wrote:Slightly off topic but what's the dog doing in the background of the first pic? Whenever a dog's hunched over like that they're up to no good

hi birchman but i think the dog is trying to dig a hole with his back feet or has found a goodlooking tree to do the evil thing to but i know exactly but aint going to say here

dragon wrote:

BirchMan wrote:Slightly off topic but what's the dog doing in the background of the first pic? Whenever a dog's hunched over like that they're up to no good

hi birchman but i think the dog is trying to dig a hole with his back feet or has found a goodlooking tree to do the evil thing to but i know exactly but aint going to say here

I believe its called NUMBER 2

BirchMan wrote:Slightly off topic but what's the dog doing in the background of the first pic? Whenever a dog's hunched over like that they're up to no good

Fertilizing the lawn!

Nice Photo bomb

Ken

Hi Sahara, you will need to cut off that weird looking root when you repot next spring.

Hi Sahara,

I am only new to this but feel i agree with Bodhi in saying that root needs to go....looks all out of wack....thought at first you had left something in the pot ....