Perfect timing. Bought a lovely $200 ficus a couple weeks ago, got married, went on a honeymoon, and didn't water it enough. 😛 All the leaves are drying up and falling off. Will try this tomorrow!
Thank you for giving me hope! My 50 year old ficus benjamina got too cold and appears to be a goner! I'm going to try to revive it using your method. It's lived and moved with me since 1972.
Really needed this. My ficus microcarpa is doing so bad. I've never seen a tree at such a bad state. Hope with God's will, I'll be able to save this tree.
@speedstr yes, but I didn't cut off the dying buds as shown in the video. It made a comeback on its own. I initially had it indoor, on the balcony, and the temperature drastically dropped which caused the problem. Later had it outdoor under full sunlight (6 hours) and it made a great recovery.
Thank you so much, mine couldn't handle the heatwave which I had even I did gave it a good amount of watering, I'll be doing this method tomorrow as it is the day when I give it bonsai food
I've used the bark scratching thing in the past and I found it's not always a good indication of whether or not the tree will survive. Sometimes you see green cambium one week and then it turns brown the next :( . Glad to see you managed to save them! 👍
Hi! You are right, that can change for one week to the next. At least you know if you should even try to safe the tree with this method when you do see green.
Hi Jerome, thanks for the tip. I have the same problem with my fig trees. The winter was quite cold after all. I was told that the trees are hardy ... but unfortunately that was probably not quite right. The trees are just starting to get back very small buds on the healthy wood. I should have cut back the brown branches much earlier. I will do it right away. Probably they would have recovered faster if I had done it right away. LG from Germany your fan Stefan
Thank you Stefan! Ficus trees aren't cold hardy, they don't do well below 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Just take it easy with them now and let them take their time to recover.
Awesome insight! I have a few questions; What season of the year was the pruning done in this video? Can I perform a similar treatment indoors with growing lights to ficus bonsais? I live in an area where winters go well below freezing for months at a time So giving my trees exterior sunlight is not possible during winter. Any recommendations?
I pruned the dry dark branches on my tree I really hope this works! My tree also wiggles around very easily haha I really hope this works thanks for the help! :)
@@Frappyification honestly it’s not doing great 💔 it could be because it sat in my window and it was pretty cold it’s warming up now so I’ll have to wait and see, it’s definitely still alive though!
I've got a gardenia bonsai I mistakenly bought from 1800Flowers, I cancelled the order and it showed up anyways. I bought a much better tree from Brussels Bonsai, and that one is doing well. The one from 1800Flowers came from CA and understandably they drenched it before shipping. I get that they wanted it to be watered for a few days while it travels to the east coast. Well the problem with that is I got a fungus issue right off the bat. I've been battling it daily for about 2 months with neem oil and am starting to see leaves without fungus. However most of the leaves have fallen off. I'm wondering if I should do a similar thing to what you did here, and just snip everything clean to rid the tree of any more potential fungus. It just seems it's best to nip off all the leaves and let it grow back fresh.
We have a focus microcarpa ginseng plant from ikea. It is dropping a lot of leaves. It’s on a dining table. Is direct sunlight or indirect sunlight better. It’s near a east window so it gets some direct light in the AM then indirect most of the rest of the day. They are turning brown, curling up and dropping off
Excellent video ❤️...can you tell me how to save an adenium as my small plant has stopped growing and trunk at bottom feels little soft.. i have watered it well thinking its lacking in water bt still no growth
Thank you sir for the tips. I’m trying to revive a dwarf jade tree with branches that started dying and hanging very long. Also have another one not sure what species but it died after a few days. I think I used the wrong type of water when I watered it :/
Could you do a video on azaleas, please? I was given one as a gift and have very little experience with azaleas. I live in Southwest Florida and it is getting up to 90 degrees now and little rain but very humid. It is hot hot hot.
I planted my bonsai willow in bonsai soil (removed it as a stem from the water I kept it in) the leaves began to droop and die … I removed the leaves, now the steams are getting dark, is there anything I can do to save?
Thank you for your lovely videos !!I need your kind support....My bonsai ficus had only growth on one branch for 3 yrs now, but now even that is gone bad :( I think I overwatered & there seems to be root rot (one of the root is soft to touch) I changed the soil already & now I have not watered it for over a week, all the leaves turned yellow-brown (burnt like) and fell off, even the baby leaves shed? what should I do? 😢even after not watering for a week the soil is not completely dry inside but not wet, hope these details can help see the situation, if you could please help me help my bonsai :'(
I should have watched this before re-potting my little ficus bonsai after all its leaves fell out. I thought it's cuz of bad soil :( It was already too small to begin with. Doesn't even have any branches as such. I don't know if I should cut anything off of it now. I saw some new leaves on it a couple of weeks ago so I kept it in the sun, and that made those new leaves fall off. So I brought it back inside. Not sure what to do with it or if it'll come back to life at all.
Hi, I have a very overgrown ficus ginseng plant that I recently repotted. First I gave the roots a big “haircut” however, on advice from another channel. I think I cut it back too much… anyway now the leaves are quickly turning yellow and falling off, and some branches have shriveled green leaves. Did I just overwater? Or did I possibly kill the roots? I’m sad bc I’ve had this tree for 7 years! 😢
What tempreture is too low for a ficus to survive outside. (Celsius) Also i might add i have only recently aquired this as a gift and it has been 2 weeks now. After a week i noticed yellow leaves (5). Now week 2 i am noticing a few more and a couple brown (8). Im worried but trying to figure out why it's unhappy. I dont think im over wstering it as i check the soil to mKe sure its not wet when i do water it. And its in a terracotta pot woth drainage hole.
I’m not sure about my pyracantha firethorn. I was wondering how I can tell if it is dead or dormant? If it’s dead how can I propagate the healthier branches? I’d love to hear your advice?
I have a ficus (only been with me a couple weeks), its dropped all it leaves and had a black mushy patch on top of trunk. Overnight the black patch is fluffy and white now. Some branches look healthy, some not so much. I have no idea what to do! I was advised to repot but not sure it has helped at all.
Hi Jerome, I am trying to save my bonsai. It is green after scraping the branch. No sure what type of bonsai. Did you say to water it and put it in sun? It has been on my covered patio which has filtered light. Hoping you can help me save this tree. Penni from So. FL.
small bonzai branches where all the leaves have fallen off ? What to do with branches. Cutt them off- or will new leaves grow on these branches ? Plz. help..
Jerome, I have a ficus Microcarpa ginseng, all leaves fell off. I have it in a solarium, in my condo and wonder now where is the best place to attract sunlight...any suggestions... also when I snipped the tops of the dead branches I find them overly dry, no sign of green. My tree feels dead, please help me.
Hello, my Bosnia tree was dying and as I saw in you video, when screech the steam it was completely dry. Can you help me how can I fix my tree. I done to lose my tree. Please can you help me.
If had the same with a ficus lots of dead branches removed, it has a lot of big roots beneath but I want to style it as a Shohin Bonsai how long should I wait before working on those roots ?
How do I do this with a seedling? Both of them are around 15cm tall. They only have one bark st the moment and leaves branching out. But I don't know if the leaves are also future barks? It's a cypress and a pine tree. The bark at the bottom is green so ik it's alive. But the tree leaves keep getting drier and brittle!
I’m growing several species from seed. From a bonsai seed kit. Some are growing ok, but the Jacaranda Mimosifoloa keeps growing good but then leaves turn brown and whole branches fall off… Is that normal for that species? Help please!!!??
i left mine to my little brother, he let it die. Well, every single leaf was all brown and very dry. So I took them all off and hopefully something happens. ✌
my little bonsai tree got white stuff on it and lost ALL his little leaves. I trimmed the parts that had white mold on it and water it once a week but Im not sure its alive. Breaks my heart!
Quick question: if I have new little branches with fresh new leaves - I shouldn’t take these leaves away, should I? Already cleared dead branches, but don’t know what I should do with young ad healthy looking 😂
Sir I have a question? Recently I hunt a ficus tree from street and potted it in a big pot and now 2 weeks ago there is no sprouting but tree is green from everywhere what's wrong with him any tips ?????
Hi! Nothing is wrong with your tree. It just needs more time to respond. Especially when a tree is collected, it needs a lot of time to recover and get used to its new environment.
Yeah, that dying and dead branch decomposing will infect healthy ones. Same also goes for decomposing leaves or branches falling on your healthy plant. It infects when decomposed.
Thank you Elsa! If they are in our all purpose bonsai soil mix, and in full sun I water them every morning during the growing season and a little less during fall and winter . Perhaps every 2-3 days.
Hi Edwin! WE have been letting them dry out completely and then water them, and let them dry out again. Now that they have a green canopy and are actively growing again we are watering more frequently!
i like how you kept it short you forgot to add humidity and temperature in the recovery process though indoor ficus recovery should be done in the warmest room with 10hours of 4000k led each day and sprayed with mist once outside ficus needs 2-3 misting per day and sunlight should be southeast or south for 6-8 hours because otherwise the west 1-7pm sun can cause shock and lower humidity
I had to recover both an outside and indside ficus many times while moving to new houses I tried just about everything even milk crate sphagnum moss trick but all you truly need is to focus on not shocking the tree then 70-85f temperature high humidity and moderate strong light
Hey are you able to do this with the pine tree type of bonsai ? My girlfriends grandmothers bonsai is dying and she said if I can save it I can have it. Please help me I really want to save this bonsai.😊
Perfect timing. Bought a lovely $200 ficus a couple weeks ago, got married, went on a honeymoon, and didn't water it enough. 😛 All the leaves are drying up and falling off. Will try this tomorrow!
Hey Sophon, congratulations on your wedding! Yikes, we sure hope it will recover. Keep us posted!
@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply it completely recovered! Thank you so much!
Thank you for giving me hope! My 50 year old ficus benjamina got too cold and appears to be a goner! I'm going to try to revive it using your method. It's lived and moved with me since 1972.
Did your tree make it?
Did it make it? Please update us !
So glad to find this! I have lost about 3 mini ficus's and it breaks my heart. Good to know they are fighters!
Really needed this. My ficus microcarpa is doing so bad. I've never seen a tree at such a bad state. Hope with God's will, I'll be able to save this tree.
@speedstr yes, but I didn't cut off the dying buds as shown in the video. It made a comeback on its own. I initially had it indoor, on the balcony, and the temperature drastically dropped which caused the problem. Later had it outdoor under full sunlight (6 hours) and it made a great recovery.
Excellent work Jerome. This will save my ficus trees for sure.
Thank you CK!
Thank you so much, mine couldn't handle the heatwave which I had even I did gave it a good amount of watering, I'll be doing this method tomorrow as it is the day when I give it bonsai food
I've used the bark scratching thing in the past and I found it's not always a good indication of whether or not the tree will survive. Sometimes you see green cambium one week and then it turns brown the next :( .
Glad to see you managed to save them! 👍
Hi! You are right, that can change for one week to the next. At least you know if you should even try to safe the tree with this method when you do see green.
Was very useful. My same tree has lost its full leaves . ,,Will try ur method. Thanks again.😊
Hi Jerome, thanks for the tip. I have the same problem with my fig trees. The winter was quite cold after all. I was told that the trees are hardy ... but unfortunately that was probably not quite right. The trees are just starting to get back very small buds on the healthy wood. I should have cut back the brown branches much earlier. I will do it right away. Probably they would have recovered faster if I had done it right away. LG from Germany your fan Stefan
Thank you Stefan! Ficus trees aren't cold hardy, they don't do well below 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Just take it easy with them now and let them take their time to recover.
Awesome insight!
I have a few questions;
What season of the year was the pruning done in this video?
Can I perform a similar treatment indoors with growing lights to ficus bonsais?
I live in an area where winters go well below freezing for months at a time
So giving my trees exterior sunlight is not possible during winter. Any recommendations?
Very good lesson! Thank you!
Thank you David, Glad you liked it!
I pruned the dry dark branches on my tree I really hope this works! My tree also wiggles around very easily haha I really hope this works thanks for the help! :)
Did it work
@@Frappyification honestly it’s not doing great 💔 it could be because it sat in my window and it was pretty cold it’s warming up now so I’ll have to wait and see, it’s definitely still alive though!
It’s dead 💀 like she’s gone rip
We all make mistakes. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you .😊 very much. My gengseng ficus bonsai is growing back.
Good to know that they are fighters !!
I've got a gardenia bonsai I mistakenly bought from 1800Flowers, I cancelled the order and it showed up anyways. I bought a much better tree from Brussels Bonsai, and that one is doing well. The one from 1800Flowers came from CA and understandably they drenched it before shipping. I get that they wanted it to be watered for a few days while it travels to the east coast. Well the problem with that is I got a fungus issue right off the bat. I've been battling it daily for about 2 months with neem oil and am starting to see leaves without fungus. However most of the leaves have fallen off. I'm wondering if I should do a similar thing to what you did here, and just snip everything clean to rid the tree of any more potential fungus. It just seems it's best to nip off all the leaves and let it grow back fresh.
Thank you so much for sharing your ideas.Never knew.steps and about water clogs in branches. I'll prune them as you did! ❤❤❤❤❤
Hallo Jerome, interesting video, can you show more how to rescue other species.
Hi Frank, We sure will ! 🙂
I just did this to the ginsing ficus I am trying to save. Hopefully it comes back.
We have a focus microcarpa ginseng plant from ikea. It is dropping a lot of leaves. It’s on a dining table. Is direct sunlight or indirect sunlight better. It’s near a east window so it gets some direct light in the AM then indirect most of the rest of the day. They are turning brown, curling up and dropping off
Could be temperature , watering ,,,,
Excellent video ❤️...can you tell me how to save an adenium as my small plant has stopped growing and trunk at bottom feels little soft.. i have watered it well thinking its lacking in water bt still no growth
Good explanation, thanks J. !!
Thank you Louis!
Thank you sir for the tips. I’m trying to revive a dwarf jade tree with branches that started dying and hanging very long. Also have another one not sure what species but it died after a few days. I think I used the wrong type of water when I watered it :/
I just tried this on my ficus. How quickly do you start to see any new growth after trimming?
Thanks for this video. Hopefully my Bonsai will be on the road to recovery after taking these steps
Could you do a video on azaleas, please? I was given one as a gift and have very little experience with azaleas. I live in Southwest Florida and it is getting up to 90 degrees now and little rain but very humid. It is hot hot hot.
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
I planted my bonsai willow in bonsai soil (removed it as a stem from the water I kept it in) the leaves began to droop and die … I removed the leaves, now the steams are getting dark, is there anything I can do to save?
Do these techniques apply to all trees that are in distress? Or is this specific to ficus?
Brilliant , my Friend 😎😍
Thank you so much or your explanation. Now I have courage to save my plant 🥰
Thank you for your lovely videos !!I need your kind support....My bonsai ficus had only growth on one branch for 3 yrs now, but now even that is gone bad :( I think I overwatered & there seems to be root rot (one of the root is soft to touch) I changed the soil already & now I have not watered it for over a week, all the leaves turned yellow-brown (burnt like) and fell off, even the baby leaves shed? what should I do? 😢even after not watering for a week the soil is not completely dry inside but not wet, hope these details can help see the situation, if you could please help me help my bonsai :'(
Thanks for sharing. Very helpful!
Nice informative video. My Bonsai also dropped all the leaves. It seems root rotting as well, what to do I am really nervous. please help
This is one of those videos you love for the tips and trix but hope you never have to use them :)
I should have watched this before re-potting my little ficus bonsai after all its leaves fell out. I thought it's cuz of bad soil :( It was already too small to begin with. Doesn't even have any branches as such. I don't know if I should cut anything off of it now. I saw some new leaves on it a couple of weeks ago so I kept it in the sun, and that made those new leaves fall off. So I brought it back inside. Not sure what to do with it or if it'll come back to life at all.
Yes this is my problem
Hi, I have a very overgrown ficus ginseng plant that I recently repotted. First I gave the roots a big “haircut” however, on advice from another channel. I think I cut it back too much… anyway now the leaves are quickly turning yellow and falling off, and some branches have shriveled green leaves. Did I just overwater? Or did I possibly kill the roots? I’m sad bc I’ve had this tree for 7 years! 😢
Thank you for this video!!! Very informative!!!
Thank you Sydney!
What tempreture is too low for a ficus to survive outside. (Celsius)
Also i might add i have only recently aquired this as a gift and it has been 2 weeks now. After a week i noticed yellow leaves (5). Now week 2 i am noticing a few more and a couple brown (8). Im worried but trying to figure out why it's unhappy.
I dont think im over wstering it as i check the soil to mKe sure its not wet when i do water it. And its in a terracotta pot woth drainage hole.
Nice vedio but I have some doubts..which soil u used ?? My plant is about to die it contains only one leaf .. i used cocopeat
I’m not sure about my pyracantha firethorn. I was wondering how I can tell if it is dead or dormant? If it’s dead how can I propagate the healthier branches? I’d love to hear your advice?
Have you tried asking it
My ficus has shred all it's leaves and the trunk got broken can i repot it.. Can i save it pls suggest
Thank you now I know what to do with my bonsai 🙏🏻
I have a ficus (only been with me a couple weeks), its dropped all it leaves and had a black mushy patch on top of trunk. Overnight the black patch is fluffy and white now. Some branches look healthy, some not so much. I have no idea what to do! I was advised to repot but not sure it has helped at all.
Hi Jerome,
I am trying to save my bonsai. It is green after scraping the branch. No sure what type of bonsai. Did you say to water it and put it in sun? It has been on my covered patio which has filtered light.
Hoping you can help me save this tree.
Penni from So. FL.
My focus bonsai has leaves that like sunburnt but it is not in direct sunlight. Is this a watering issue? I’ve never had a bonsai before!
Can we keep them overnight outside in tropical climate conditions and what kind of soil is required for its potting
small bonzai branches where all the leaves have fallen off ? What to do with branches. Cutt them off- or will new leaves grow on these branches ? Plz. help..
Is it difficult to revive Bonsai pine tree?
How about the upper limit of hot summer time temp,the tree can be left out?
Jerome, I have a ficus Microcarpa ginseng, all leaves fell off. I have it in a solarium, in my condo and wonder now where is the best place to attract sunlight...any suggestions... also when I snipped the tops of the dead branches I find them overly dry, no sign of green. My tree feels dead, please help me.
Hello, my Bosnia tree was dying and as I saw in you video, when screech the steam it was completely dry. Can you help me how can I fix my tree. I done to lose my tree. Please can you help me.
Very helpful sir
If had the same with a ficus lots of dead branches removed, it has a lot of big roots beneath but I want to style it as a Shohin Bonsai how long should I wait before working on those roots ?
Excellent tips
Thank you Carlos, Glad you like them!
Hello, can I do the same for bucida spinosa / dwarf black olive? Mine is all dried out, repotted it months ago but haven't recovered still.
How long before you saw the new growth on the trees?
10-14 days
How can i remove any insects on the leaves that make it fall down..
How do I do this with a seedling? Both of them are around 15cm tall. They only have one bark st the moment and leaves branching out. But I don't know if the leaves are also future barks?
It's a cypress and a pine tree.
The bark at the bottom is green so ik it's alive. But the tree leaves keep getting drier and brittle!
I’m growing several species from seed. From a bonsai seed kit. Some are growing ok, but the Jacaranda Mimosifoloa keeps growing good but then leaves turn brown and whole branches fall off… Is that normal for that species? Help please!!!??
Ty
Well made!
Hi! Can we for e defoliate at any time of the year?
i left mine to my little brother, he let it die. Well, every single leaf was all brown and very dry. So I took them all off and hopefully something happens. ✌
my little bonsai tree got white stuff on it and lost ALL his little leaves. I trimmed the parts that had white mold on it and water it once a week but Im not sure its alive. Breaks my heart!
My juniper bonsai doesn’t look to good it’s turning brown I water it but still not doing well.
Great video. Owilson you do the same in conifers?
Sorry…would you…
My ficus Micro G start shedding leaves in start of October….. help
Quick question: if I have new little branches with fresh new leaves - I shouldn’t take these leaves away, should I?
Already cleared dead branches, but don’t know what I should do with young ad healthy looking 😂
You definitely want to leave the tree alone after it start recovering. Plucking off new growth could potentially kill the tree.
When I crave the trunk.. it's white. Does that mean it's completely dead?
This is Great 👍
Thank you 🇿🇦
Nive sharing video..👍👍👍
Thank you 🙏🙏
How to get Willow leaf ficus cuttings propagation
Sir I have a question? Recently I hunt a ficus tree from street and potted it in a big pot and now 2 weeks ago there is no sprouting but tree is green from everywhere what's wrong with him any tips ?????
Hi! Nothing is wrong with your tree. It just needs more time to respond. Especially when a tree is collected, it needs a lot of time to recover and get used to its new environment.
Could you do a video like this for a Bald Cypress. Cause I have a Bald Cypress I got from a neighbor and I am not sure if I can save it.
Hi! The process is exactly the same on all non needle trees.
Awesome
Does this process work on Fukien Tea too or just ficus?
Hey Emmet, This process works on all non needle trees. Juniper, and pine this wouldn't work but anything else yes.
Great
Just in time
Yeah, that dying and dead branch decomposing will infect healthy ones. Same also goes for decomposing leaves or branches falling on your healthy plant. It infects when decomposed.
good
Love your video!! I have a question. How often do you water a bonzai tree?
Thank you Elsa! If they are in our all purpose bonsai soil mix, and in full sun I water them every morning during the growing season and a little less during fall and winter . Perhaps every 2-3 days.
Super
How can I do the same with a Juniper?
Hey Daniel! Unfortunately, when a Juniper has gone this far there is no returning.
@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply Dang it.! 🥺. Thanks
I watered my bonsai so much that it became spongy. What do I do? 😢 this bonsai means to me a lot.
This time give watering or not
Hi Edwin! WE have been letting them dry out completely and then water them, and let them dry out again. Now that they have a green canopy and are actively growing again we are watering more frequently!
@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply thank u nanba
Semoga sehat dan sukses selalu , hadir mengikuti 🙏🙏
I am asking the ficus retusa
i like how you kept it short
you forgot to add humidity and temperature in the recovery process though
indoor ficus recovery should be done in the warmest room with 10hours of 4000k led each day and sprayed with mist once
outside ficus needs 2-3 misting per day and sunlight should be southeast or south for 6-8 hours because otherwise the west 1-7pm sun can cause shock and lower humidity
I had to recover both an outside and indside ficus many times while moving to new houses
I tried just about everything even milk crate sphagnum moss trick
but all you truly need is to focus on not shocking the tree then 70-85f temperature high humidity and moderate strong light
Mantap👍👍👍
I need help I think mine is dead :(
All leaves fell off
👍👍👍
Exelent
Excellent tips👍👍
Hey are you able to do this with the pine tree type of bonsai ? My girlfriends grandmothers bonsai is dying and she said if I can save it I can have it. Please help me I really want to save this bonsai.😊
Unfortunately this does not work with conifers. It only works for trees that have leaves
My guy what's your email. Need help I'm pretty sure my tree is dead