Originally Posted by eeiko321

hi guys

its the beginning weeks of autumn here in australia.
ive got 3 chinese elms... 1, a root cutting.... 2, a chinese elm forrest & 3, a Large tall elm

my tall elm, by every day passing i can see that its getting several yellow leaves that are about to fall off...and is increasing by the day.

im guessing it is a semi-dormant type tree... but then why is the other 2 trees not doing that if its in the same environment as the large one?

anyhow, i have a strong feeling that it may be dormancy, ive heard trees in the same area may not sync with others.

but last night, when i was looking at the branches ive noticed a little crawling bug...
it dissapeared when i was attempting to kill it....
i couldve sworn it looked like a wine weevil!!!!!! (But i may be wrong)
because i heard they come out at night...

i heard premature yellowing in some trees means a problem with root system.

anyhow if i am really worried, is it safe to not prune the roots but to take it out....expose all roots and remove soil....to find if there is any wine weevil larvae to remvove them & then put new soil at this time of the year?

withought pruning roots but an excavation...would the tree consider this a "Shock?"