Make sure to protect it for the next few days - no direct sunlight, just bright shade. Once the roots are back online, ease it into the sun. After two weeks, give it a light dose of fertilizer. I usually start off with 1/2 strength. Later in the winter I cut the dose back to 1/4 strength.
Thanks guys. Josh, gonna leave it out tonight.. Low of 49, then I will keep it in bright shade tomorrow...after that, temps will force me me to bring it in at least at night. Back out during the day for a while yet. Josh, I used about a 4-2-1 mix of mulch, perlite and garden soil. The mulch is very fine ground pine. It is basically finely shredded. It is almost like a light soil. We will see how it works out. I am hoping it does because I would like to use it next year in my containers.
mbellot: Josh knows "overwintering" well and I based my approach on his advice. My plants were huge. The plant I used for the bonsai, was 3 plus feet tall at its tallest point and wider than my wingspan which I figure is about 6 feet. I grabbed the tip of one branch and reached to the top of the opposite side branch and I couldn't quite reach it. So, I pruned very heavy...probably 80-90%. The latest photo I have of the whole plant is almost a month old from 8-18-11. The plant I bonsai'ed is the furthest right. It is hard to tell it from the middle plant which is behind it and to the left. It basically merges with that one. They had all grown a lot since last month when I took the photo though.
{{gwi:1148474}}
I kick myself for not taking photos before I pulled them. I also could have laid them out and photographed them. Another interesting thing about them is they snap just like a tree branch. The stems were basically hard wood and not like a tomato plant or other vegetables. They are more woody. Bruce
habjolokia z 6b/7
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
Related Professionals
New Bedford Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers · Lakewood Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers · Middle Island Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers · Signal Hill Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers · Salem Landscape Contractors · Choctaw Landscape Contractors · Framingham Landscape Contractors · Inglewood Landscape Contractors · Mahwah Landscape Contractors · Palatine Landscape Contractors · Pikesville Landscape Contractors · Raleigh Landscape Contractors · Round Lake Landscape Contractors · St. Louis Landscape Contractors · Wells Landscape Contractorsesox07 (4b) WisconsinOriginal Author
mbellot
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
esox07 (4b) WisconsinOriginal Author