Question
I went away for about 11 days and it'd been raining a lot here before I left, but out of nowhere record breaking heat waves came along. I live in New Zealand and it's Summer here, apparenly the hottest one we have had.
But I digress, I came home and my bonsais leaves were all dry and crispy. I did the scratch test and the trunk and branches are still green underneath. I pulled off all the dried leaves and watered the soil but I don't know what I can do now to save it.
I've read to soak the soil and put a plastic bag over it to create humidity, but it's Summer here, temperatures are reaching around 28 degrees Celcius or 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit and NZ is already quite humid. I also don't want to give it root rot or create an oven situation and bake it.
I've read to trim the roots but it's not the right time of year to do that as it's already past it's growth phase for the year and its roots aren't crammed enough to do so anyway. But would giving them a trim anyway help?
I've been told to trim the ends of all the branches to promote growth but again, it's past its growth phase for the year.
I drink liquid chlorophyll for health reasons, this contains a lot of magnesium which I've heard can help, should I put some of this in its water?

All I know about it is that it's a three year old oak. Here's a couple of pics of it afer I pulled off the leaves.

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm137?/a>
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm137?/a>

Please help mre revive it. I also can't afford plant supplements as I'm a student and my allowance just stopped so I'm broke.

Thanks.


Answer
Hi Leigh,

Unfortunately, i am not able to see pictures of the tree. The links were shortened. However, based on your climat, your bonsai probably needs to be watered once a day, maybe even twice a day. I'm guessing the sun fried your tree / roots.

I would not trim the roots and/or fertilize the tree at this time. If you believe that the tree is still alive, you do not want to stress it further.

I recommend that you post this question and upload pictures to http://www.Learning2Bonsai.com Look for the ask a question section. There are several bonsai experts that can help you diagnose the problem with your tree.