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Originally Posted by eeiko321
yeah
did u move it around any time?
or just bought it?
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I bought it a week before Christmas day. When I purchased it, it was covered in tiny little bugs and fine, dewy webs. I liked the shape and thought I could rehab it. The shop owner was happy to be rid of it.
I sprayed the tree in pyrethrin, then, Neem oil. The bugs went away and the leaves went shortly thereafter. Seems the leaves hadn't yet hardened when the sprays were applied and Black Spot resulted. It got really bad so I applied Ortho's fungicide solution.
Two weeks later it bounced back, and started throwing new leaves. I added a dose of fertlizer cake watered as usual. 5 weeks pass without a hitch. Tree looked great.
About two weeks ago I missed a day of watering. My Elm took a dive; there was some curling and creasing of the leaves but nothing too serious. After three days it started to look better. On the fourth day it suddenly went downhill, lost a several leaves and took on a grey, drooping appearance. I let it go for a week and saw no improvement. That's when I posted my initial message.
Today it's looking a little bit better. Definitely a few dead leaves but no new dead leaves; seemed to be smaller and typically weaker leaves affected. I will continue to keep an eye on it.
Thank you all for your responses.
Regards,
Jeremy