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Fukien tea does tend to drop leaves occasionally. I wouldn't worry about
it, unless two other possibilities occur:
1. It has not been transplated in the past two years.
2. It is kept indoors.
Although it is tropical, it should be kept outdoors all summer.
Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Soukal" <david.soukal@GMAIL.COM>
To: <BONSAI@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:55 PM
Subject: [IBC] sudden increase of leaf loss of our fukien tree

> Hello,
>
> I just wanted to ask somebody with experience in growing Fukien trees
> for an advice. We noticed sudden increase in the rate with which the
> tree loses its leaves. We were surprised by that because - to our best
> knowledge - nothing has changed in the way we care for the tree...
>
> We water the plant as required (never letting it to dry out completely
> nor leaving to stand in water) as we always did. We feed it regularly.
> We fought and killed (with help of this community) the mealy bugs that
> attacked it.
>
> But recently, the number of leaves on the floor has increased. If I
> blow a little bit of air from my mouth on the tree, there will be
> several leaves - seemingly healthy - that fall off. It seems as if the
> leaves were not hanging tight onto the branch... they will fall off
> easily on touch. (Not all of them though.) There were always leaves
> that would fall off but these seemed dead and dry. The new ones and
> young and green.
>
> I also think that all the leaves are little bit lighter that they used
> to be. Though they are still green not yellowish.
>
> But then again, the tree still has many dark, lush leaves. It still
> grows buds and has fruit as it always did. Overall, it seems to be
> doing fine.
>
> We didn't notice anything odd otherwise. No parasites, no physical
> damage. We haven't moved or repotted the tree. We did prune it a
> little bit.
>
> The only thing I can think of as a culprit is that the weather hasn't
> been that good lately. We had a lot of cloudy days with colder
> temperature (but still about 70).
>
> We were just being curious whether this is reaction to the weather
> change only or a symptom of something else/worse (under/overfeeding,
> too little/much watering...).
>
> Thank you for any comments!
>
> David & (Eva)
>
>
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22-Jul-2004	#3
Dad Guest Posts: n/a	Re: [IBC] sudden increase of leaf loss of our fukien tree Fukien tea does tend to drop leaves occasionally. I wouldn't worry about it, unless two other possibilities occur: 1. It has not been transplated in the past two years. 2. It is kept indoors. Although it is tropical, it should be kept outdoors all summer. Marty ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Soukal" <david.soukal@GMAIL.COM> To: <BONSAI@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:55 PM Subject: [IBC] sudden increase of leaf loss of our fukien tree > Hello, > > I just wanted to ask somebody with experience in growing Fukien trees > for an advice. We noticed sudden increase in the rate with which the > tree loses its leaves. We were surprised by that because - to our best > knowledge - nothing has changed in the way we care for the tree... > > We water the plant as required (never letting it to dry out completely > nor leaving to stand in water) as we always did. We feed it regularly. > We fought and killed (with help of this community) the mealy bugs that > attacked it. > > But recently, the number of leaves on the floor has increased. If I > blow a little bit of air from my mouth on the tree, there will be > several leaves - seemingly healthy - that fall off. It seems as if the > leaves were not hanging tight onto the branch... they will fall off > easily on touch. (Not all of them though.) There were always leaves > that would fall off but these seemed dead and dry. The new ones and > young and green. > > I also think that all the leaves are little bit lighter that they used > to be. Though they are still green not yellowish. > > But then again, the tree still has many dark, lush leaves. It still > grows buds and has fruit as it always did. Overall, it seems to be > doing fine. > > We didn't notice anything odd otherwise. No parasites, no physical > damage. We haven't moved or repotted the tree. We did prune it a > little bit. > > The only thing I can think of as a culprit is that the weather hasn't > been that good lately. We had a lot of cloudy days with colder > temperature (but still about 70). > > We were just being curious whether this is reaction to the weather > change only or a symptom of something else/worse (under/overfeeding, > too little/much watering...). > > Thank you for any comments! > > David & (Eva) > > ************************************************ ********************** > ++++Sponsored, in part, by Chris Cochrane++++ > ********************************************** ********************** > >>-->> The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ <<--<< > +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail BONSAI-REQUEST@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM +++++ ********************************************** ************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Chris Cochrane++++ ********************************************** **************************** >>-->> The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ <<--<< +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail BONSAI-REQUEST@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM +++++