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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
Join Date: Dec-2002
Location: Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Posts: 1,259
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G'day Red Dude,
Now let's see....All of my trees are growing in 100% akadama. I too have some little experience with trees wilting, the weather is see-sawing in it's own way. Fortunately I have found a way to overcome this wilting, I literally drench the tree in question, with an overhead spray, and just don't give up until the wilting has been repaired, like I nearly lost one of my very small Callicarpas yesterday, it is smothered with flowerbuds and got to it in time, this particular species is grown for its winter display of bright purple berries on bare wood.
My balcony faces East, has a micro climate all of its very own due to the surrounding architecture, tho' I get occasional snow [maybe two days in a year] I never get frost, and afternoon sun has left my balcony around 2pm.
I shall soon [very soon I hope] be posting pics of my balcony, and it has reached total maximum tree-space, pots placed edge to edge, every millimeter counts, a veritable jungle that has to be attended to by moving about frequently, all of my trees are thriving like crazy, but some, maybe four, are refusing point-blank to set flowering buds, but I am a determined bugger and won't give in, I must be the master of my tree collection, and any of those that show failure in responding to my un-natural whims are disposed of quite quickly.
The brownish appearance of the leaves is probably due to your tree being erxposed to too much sun, I would cut them back, leaving the petiole and a short fragment of the leaf[s] in question, and if the tree is healthy new leaves will appear, but sounds to me that your tree needs sun shade placement, afternoon sun can be a killer and when a tree is in such a small pot of soil greater care must be taken.
Best I can say for the moment Bud',
Success,
Nigel
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