Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener: Dead or Alive?, 2 by Marcei

Marcei wrote:
Hello,

I bought this Acer Palmatum Atropurpureum bonsai on April. It was 5 years old and replanted a year ago. I started to feeding the tree with bio fertilizer and I noticed I have used too much when the leaves started to fall. As the old soil had too much fertilizer in it, I have replanted the tree and heavy watered it, kept in shadow for couple weeks. When new nods started to form I moved the tree into sun. Everything seemed ok, new leaves were growing. Then the weather changed and it was cold and rainy for couple weeks. So I moved the tree from my balcony to my room and put it under the LED light next to my other plants. But I assume the LED light was too intense for a Japanese Maple as they require half shadow. As a result the leaves dried out and the tree is idle for 3 weeks now. Im keeping it outside but not under direct sunlight, keeping it moist but still no changes.

What do you expert gardeners think? Is it dead? Thanks for your help.

Pictures respectively: Current photo, first day, after too much fertilizer, after intense light under LEDs

This message was edited Aug 17, 2017 4:58 AM