Hi, please say exactly where you're keeping it... if in a window, what dir. does it face, how many hrs of sun does it get, and is there e.g. a TV, or radiator underneath, or is the room particularly cold or hot, and how's the humidity? And how much and how often do you water? When you say you just put it in its pot, what do you mean - did you put it into a different pot? Did it outgrow the other one? What kind of soil mix is it in? What is the current pot like? Is there a drain hole? Did you cut any roots? Answer all of those, and we'll have a clue what's going on.

Hi! Man that's a lot of questions! Well, to start off, it's CLOSE to a window, maby 2 feet away facing west north west. There's a vent on the floor right by the window. It's pretty cold in the room;about 60 degrees. That's warm considering outside it's about 35. The humidity is virtually not there;very dry but i'm keeping the plant nice and moist. I transplanted it from its pre-bonsai pot from the store to its bonsai pot a couple of days ago. It did not outgrow its other pot. The soil mix is VERY sandy. I'm wondering if it's getting enough nutrients althogh i'm fertilizing it with a slow release fertilizer. There are two large drain holes and two small drain holes in its current pot. Unfortunately, i think i did snap a few roots pulling it out of the other pot. Its root system isn't all that impressive so i gave it some root stimulating fertilizer when i transplated it.
If you think of any problems i might have caused, tell me.
thanks

Hi, that's a lot better (my crystal ball broke down last wk :-). Well, 2' away from a WNW window isn't that great for a ficus... a well established one can be gradually weaned off better light to less, but generally (and esp. with a little one grown in very high lite (before you got it), you're going to lose leaves unless you give it a brighter location, with as many hrs as poss. of light (well, up to 14-15 a day - which people achieve with fluors. hanging just a few inches above the plant - but for now at least pick a window with better light and put it close up. The cold room is also not a good idea, but with high light AND lots of humidity, it could survive, but the dryness you describe is death to a ficus (again by itself with everything else ideal, it might hang in for a while, but they really need high light, high humidity and warm temps). Don't fuss about a couple of roots.. unless you're not telling me everything :-) - it is best to take it out gently, if nec. using some flat blade to gradually ease it out, rather than pulling. Root stimulation and fert. are not the same things - one's a 'tonic' or root stim., and the other's fertilizer. I'd like to give you some hope here, but you seem to have found a fairly poor location for a tropical tree. If you can improve on things fast, you might be ok. Don't spritz it with a little bottle twice a day - next to useless, but do find a tray, or something with at least 1" of 'sides' on it - at least as wide as the foliage spreads, put big pebbles inside, fill with water and put the pot on the pebbles - but NEVER touching the water, which can wick up inside and rot the roots. But in your room, you might need a real room humidifier from the sound of things. Good luck!

I just put a greenhouse withe a florecent light around my ficus and the temperature and humidity are already rapidly rising. I hope it saves it.