Specialty Gardening: Tangerine Bonsai, 1 by WaterCan2

WaterCan2 wrote:
It's a tropical, it has to come in if you go below 70°. If you are getting at least 75° during the day give it one feeding of a very, very low nitrogen plant food before winter. If you can find 0-10-10 that's the best. Cut down on the watering, they are not getting the same hours of daylight anymore. If you have to bring it in immediately don't give it any food, keep the soil moist but not wet. Let it dry out just a tiny bit between waterings so that all roots can take a breath.

When you bring it indoors keep it in the kitchen or bathroom near a window. Keep it away from anything that produces dry air, they like at least 70% humidity. Once you find a spot for it don't move it. It will need time to acclimate to where the sun is coming from.

Cut it at the x(s) in the photo, it needs more work but this will do for now. What you are calling tendrils are really the stems of the tree. Cutting them back will save the plant moisture and force it to fill up. Hopefully what is left of those stems will develop buds further back but you'll have to wait until spring when you put it back out to find out.

If you really want to give the stems a good chance you'll have to seal the wounds with 'Bonsai Wound Sealant', (the white cap), *melted candle wax will substitute in a pinch. Melt a little wax in a small container and roll some into a tiny ball roughly the diameter of the stem, then press the wax on the wound. If you leave them alone and don't cut them the drying process will continue down the stem, especially since you have to bring it indoors where it's much drier.