You mean you've kept it standing in that plastic container filled with water?
Yes for a over a week. In general, I stick to the rule of watering and leaving a little in the bottom to create humidity but it doesn't go anywhere near high enough to reach the drainage hole.
better repot the tree and clean the pot. If this tree has been inside, repot it now.
I was given it as a present earlier this year from the Japanese Gardens, Cornwall. I bought the generally used tesco cat litter (aka cheap akadama), peat compost and perlite to use on my various other plants that I can use for the new mixture.I haven't re potted before so will be a new experience!
When did you wire the tree? What material did you use to wire, and why did you wire it?
Wired it last week, I've used plastic coated garden wire as a kind of test wiring (first time). Have ordered some aluminium bonsai wire for future wiring. Did the wiring as the tree was full of branches crossing each other and weak branches mixed in. It shed it's leaves earlier in the year before it was passed onto me so I nursed it back to health and thought now was a better time to give it a tidy up. It's only now that I am noticing the rot and such so it's very recent.
People who now know whether the winter will be warm or cold should get a job as fortune teller.
Haha I know right... I hope they're wrong!
Thanks for all the help guys, apologies my questions may be rudimentary but hey we all start somewhere!