Chinese Elm leaves

Jay

Some one new to the thread's view. Why don't you place a wooded chop stick in the soil half way from the tree to the edge of the pot. Leave the chopstick in the soil, it should go fairly deep. Each day check the chopstik. If it is wet.... do not water! If it is dry ... you should have watered yesterday. If it is damp, going dry water it today. If you find you are watering every day. check the chopstick twice a day. When you water do as Matt says, water it till it runs out the bottom.

Don't forget.... you have just brought this guy home. It needs to adjust! It was probably getting better light at the nusery than you are giving it. I have heard these trees can grow inside. I have 5 Chinese Elms of different varieties, all of them are outside and much happier for it!

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NewBie

well i did water it every day but not enough i guess.
So Matt, are you telling me i should pull off all the crispy leaves??

TreeBay

Greetings,

No I didn't say that. If it were mine, I would put it outside in partial sun and see if it is able to recover. Any dead leaves will drop off on their own, eventually or be pushed off by the new buds if the tree has the strength to push buds.

Good luck!

Matt

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NewBie

Aha maybe i can put it on the balcony..
Thanks for your help

NewBie

I recently posted about my elm in problems.
Here is a little update: Matt told me the bad crispy leaves can be pushed off by new ones. Well..the most leaves are now falling like crazy. Is this a good sign after i'm now watering as is told here?

I hope my little tree will survive! He looks so nice

Tony

Newbie,

Falling leaves durring the growing season isn't a good thing but doesn't mean the tree is dead either. Reading back through the posts it sounds like you where just misting the soil and not watering the roots.

It depends on how dry the roots got and for how long they were in that condition whether the tree will live or not. An easy test is to scratch a little bark off the tree, down low on the trunk. If it is green and moist, the trunk is still alive and should put out new buds.

I would put it outside in bright light but not in direct sun and keep it watered as Matt told you. Maybe even put a little plastic tent over it to keep the humidity high.

Hope it pulls through,

Tony