Hello everyone. Please could someone offer an appraisal and some advice about my first bonsai?

I was given this bonsai some time within the last 5 years, and I did very little with it. About 6 months ago I trimmed the roots, replaced the soil, changed the pot, and trimmed some of the dead branches.

I have achieved some new growth, but I am unsure if I need to do anything else for now. I want to give it some time to recover, but wondered if there was anything that might be recommended to do in the future.

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21/01/2021

Has that long top grown since prunning and repotting 6 months ago? Are you in the northern hemisphere?

Edit: sorry, I guess that was the before picture.

Looks like a chinese elm to me. So should be outside.

Hello, I live in the United Kingdom of Engerland :lol:

I live in a flat so...no chance of that, I did think I would have to water it a little more so it thinks it's outside.

Oh that's a nice one, I had a Chinese Elm once, they're pretty easy to take care of, it can take a lot of sunlight, and it doesn't take a lot of wattering to keep it healthy, however, on the winter it will loose it's leaves, so you should put it on a shadier place, and reduce a little the wattering, since it's "sleepy" it can rot it's roots...
I would put it on a bigger pot just to build some branches, but if you just changed it, I would wait... I think the best time to make big changes on them, it's by spring...

Unfortunatelly, I had to travel once, travel took more than expected, days we're hot and it died.. I miss that one.

Bonsai Yokai wrote: Hello, I live in the United Kingdom of Engerland :lol:

I live in a flat so...no chance of that, I did think I would have to water it a little more so it thinks it's outside.

It is the temperature that makes winter, not water. You might succeed in making it survive a few years. But it will need more than survival to make it a bonsai. Eventually it will die. If it is a chinese elm that is, small screen, old eyes and blurry picture. So I am not totally sure.

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