Bonsai: Day 0079
- Environment Update: The power went out at the office for a few days due to a tornado that touched down near me (LOCAL NEWS ARTICLE). This outage left my little plant without direct light for awhile. After the power kicked back on its light cycle was then turned upside down for another 2-3 days until I could reset the light timer back to normal.
- Growth Update: I believe the light deficiency stimulated the leaves to enlarge greatly to compensate. I believe this occurs to give the plant more surface area to absorb light. Either way this folly produced very undesirable results, for one I don't want excessively large leaves for a bonsai plant. I theorize that this will also lead to an overall slow down in growth because I believe the larger leaves will require more nutrients to maintain itself. The one positive effect that may occur from this theory is that the trunk and roots may begin to grow to compensate for the increased nutrient requirements for the larger leaves. I guess we will find out :-)
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