technojosh

So this is my first post on this forum, though I've read it often for reference.

I got a 5yr old Chinse Elm last spring. It lives indoors near a window and gets "ok" sun. The window is open when its possible, but I live in Minnesota so that's not all the time. There aren't any heat registers near it, but there is an overhead vent that i suppose could indirectly reach it (though its never on very high at all)

So, about a month ago the leaves just started drying out and falling off. No color change, and it happened very quick. Maybe a week went by and all the leaves were gone in this manner. I thought maybe that was the death croak of a bad internet purchase, but after another week it started budding everywhere. In my optimism i got excited as these new buds started sprouting, and the tree took the first steps to filling out.

Now the new buds are starting to dry up as well, and a lot of them haven't even opened yet. Maybe 10% of the tree has new leaves, and I'm worried that if these new buds don't open and the new leaves die, it will be the end of the tree.

Any suggestions/guidance/warnings would be much appreciated!

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