I just got my rainbow bush 3 days ago and on the morning ...
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@ProPurei43 Just so you know, it’s unlikely that anything you have done in the last few days caused this to happen. Plants move a lot more slowly than humans do, so it’s likely that your elephant bush is responding to the care it had WEEKS ago, at whatever place—shop, nursery, that it was before.
Was the soil very dry when you got them? Or was it damp?
Your plant will start showing more signs of shock like Sylvie @Slyvie mentioned, within the next few weeks from the transition to your place, so keep that in mind, they might look worse before they look better. Plants in shock don’t drink a lot of water, and they’ll need nice stable conditions to recover.
Once you start seeing new growth, that means the shock has passed, and then you can resume a normal wet-dry watering cycle, and not just getting them lightly damp. 🤗
Was the soil very dry when you got them? Or was it damp?
Your plant will start showing more signs of shock like Sylvie @Slyvie mentioned, within the next few weeks from the transition to your place, so keep that in mind, they might look worse before they look better. Plants in shock don’t drink a lot of water, and they’ll need nice stable conditions to recover.
Once you start seeing new growth, that means the shock has passed, and then you can resume a normal wet-dry watering cycle, and not just getting them lightly damp. 🤗
@Slyvie yes I repotted her the day I got her as she was still in a nursery pot she seems healthy tho I have noticed a chunk out of her trunk but it doesn’t look like root rot
@Slyvie so upon a good look at her I noticed some of her roots ends were sticking out so I adjusted the wires gave her a bit of a snugger fit (still not too tight) and maybe those roots were to the parts that seem dehydrated maybe they were able to get the right amount of water
@ProPurei43 if it’s in shock you leave her alone unless there’s an issue with pests or soil! She’ll recover in due time and when she does you’ll notice new growth! I would keep watering to a minimum and only water if the soil is fairly dry and make sure it’s not a soak but a light water.
@DreamMachine this is good to hear when I got her she was bone dry and a lot of the other bonsais were dead way past reviving where I got both of my bonsais I watered her the day after I repotted her and the next day she was bone dry again I watered her again yesterday morning and put her outside and he dirt is still not wet but not bone dry either
@ProPurei43 it sounds like the soil might be hydrophobic from not being watered for so long! I reccomend bottom watering it, which is just placing it in a container of water and waiting for a few hours!