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Posted 9 years 6 months ago #20903
Donot worry about wind. Elms can pretty much handle our climate yearround. It might get a bit of damage initiallly, but will quickly grown leaves that do manage in the wind.

Do not baby it around, certainly do not put it in a greenhouse.
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Posted 9 years 6 months ago #20908
Here in Kent it is getting quite windy and the pot is being shifted by wind that's why I have the greenhouse so that the pot won't break and in night where temperatures get quite cold it has some sort heat .
Will it affect the Chinese elm if I have it in a greenhouse, it isn't really a proper greenhouse. Its the one in my message before this.
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Posted 9 years 6 months ago #20917
It needs to be outside, all year long.
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Posted 9 years 6 months ago #20920
Get a heavier pot.

Do you have trees around your house? Do they survive the wind?
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Posted 9 years 6 months ago #20921

Samantha wrote: It needs to be outside, all year long.

A Chinese Elm is a subtropical and according to care sheets it shouldn't be outside during winter.
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Posted 9 years 6 months ago #20924

PandarenBonsai wrote:

Samantha wrote: It needs to be outside, all year long.

A Chinese Elm is a subtropical


No, it's not.
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Posted 9 years 6 months ago #20926

Auk wrote: No, it's not.


I just Googled this for you (keywords: Chinese Elm climate):

www.clemson.edu/extension/horticulture/n...book_files/chapter_8
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Posted 9 years 6 months ago #20928
And if you wonder what USDA hardiness zone 5 (minimum zone they can withstand) means: −26.1 °C (−15 °F) to −23.3 °C (−10 °F) temperature.

The UK does not have a zone this plant cannot live in without protection: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardiness_zone

As it is a bonsai, winter hardiness may be a bit less, and often recommended is to start protecting bonsai with long-term frost that cause the rootball to completely frees, and/or peeks below -5, -10C
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Posted 9 years 6 months ago #20932
As in reference to the topic, would it be helpful to wire the tree to a base that is anchored tot he ground? So that it doesn't blow over. I'm not sure of your living conditions. Would this be a viable option?
I've noticed in search's on the web that some collections are wired tot heir pedestals. I'm thinking to keep the tree from being knocked over or moved.
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Posted 9 years 6 months ago #20936
Thank you all. I've put it outside now. The position I have put it in is so that it receives afternoon sun. Before it was sitting on a windowsill and receiving morning sunlight. Is there a specific transition that I need to do as I know sudden change in position can cause stress to my Chinese elm.
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