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Does anyone know anything about Bonsai Trees?
I was given one three years ago, I love it and it has strong sentimental value but I fear that it is on its last legs, and I'm desperate that it shouldn't die. For the first six months that I had it it thrived gloriously as I followed the wee booklet that came with it meticulously. However after about 6 months things took a turn for the worse and the tree began to look pretty ropey despite me not changing anything. I checked the internet to see if I was doing something wrong and suddenly discovered that there are a million contradictory suggestions with bugger all consensus. So I pressed on and the tree has gone through phases of seeming to be on the verge of recovery and then plummeting back towards oblivion.
This time the oblivion seems deep. For the last few weeks it has had only a handful of leaves and suddenly all of those seem to be on their way out and are turning brown.
I stand the tree in water for 10 minutes every 10 days, this doesn't seem like much but the pot seems to remain permanently damp. When I water it I add some "bonsai food" to the water, and if it would only grow I'd prune it back but that hasn't been necessary for a year or so now. Also, the permanently damp pot is starting to smell a bit mouldy?
Can anyone help diagnose whats wrong with my tree and tell me how to revive it?