Okay, so my mother gave me two "bonsai" specimens, one from Wal-Mart and one from Lowes. The first one she gave me about a week ago. It didn't look good when I got it. The leaves were a faded green color, brittle, and had white spots on them. I gave it a few days and the leaves were crispy so I picked all the dead leaves off, leaving basically nothing and put it back in a south facing window on a humidity tray with my Ficus Religiosa and Willow Leaf Ficus (I'm still not sure that's even what it is). So it's recovering, or atleast appears to be. It's got a bunch of little green shoots coming out, and I'm excited because it is a pretty tree and is so much farther along than the pre-bonsai I have.

Any tips on things I can do to help it recover? I've been keeping the soil from drying out, put it on a humidity tray in a south facing window, and I pinched off all the dead leaves. Not sure what else I should do.

Then tonight my mom brought home one from Lowes. I have no clue what it is, the tag doesn't say. I'm not even sure if it's appropriate for bonsai. I'm also concerned about the soil. It's a hard brick basically of dense peat-looking material. Also had this brittle green moss stuff which I pulled off, and then water the little brick. I'll probably repot it in bonsai soil in a larger training pot if thats not the soil/sized pot I should keep it in.

Anyways, I don't know how to care for either of these plants, other than general plant care. Any help would be super appreciated.

Pictures of Wal-Mart tree:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/Tantorian/DSC00050.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/Tantorian/DSC00048.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/Tantorian/DSC00047.jpg

Pictures of Lowes tree:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/Tantorian/DSC00046.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/Tantorian/DSC00045.jpg

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