TBlake84

Here it is. I bought a brush cherry about a month ago. I took it home and put it under my grow lights as I anticipated taking it to school and keeping it in my dorm and wanted it acclimated to this environment in time. I did not use a humidity tray or anything because New England is pretty humid in August as it is. The day before returning to school I repotted it (I know, bad timing but what can ya' do?). I root pruned about 20-30% and changed the soil. I put moss on the top instead of the gravel it had before.

now, three weeks after the repotting, about 80% of the tree has dried up. The leaves aren't turning brown and falling off, they're just dried up and still hanging on the tree. I'm a little worried. I just put a bowl of water under the grow lights to help the humidity but I don't think that's the problem. Is it normal for a brush cherry to experience this much dieback after a rootpruning? My ficus that I repotted the same day is doing fine, a little browning and leaf drop but not nearly as extensive as the cherry. Please help!

-Tim

P.S. After the repotting, I lowered the timer on the growlights from 16 hours a day to 8 and didn't water (aside from misting the moss and tree itself) for about 10 days. It is now back to 16 hours of light a day and I water about once a week. It has gotten cooler and dryer so I might need to water a bit more often.

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