Brazilian Rain Tree Yellowng Leaves?

eit27

I have a Brazilian Rain tree that was purchased a few months ago. Recently, the leaves have started to yellow and fall off. It has been in the same location since I have had the tree. It gets about 6 hours of sunlight this time of the year here in VA. The buds at the ends of the branches just started to bud out and over the past few days they have grown over 4 inches. Any help would be great on this matter.

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Mcspeed

Those trees LUV LOTS of light, probably not getting is enough, If your watering habits are good, and there's no bugs, I might try putting it under a florescent fixture for 12- 14 hours / day.

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kedori

I agree. The same thing happened with my Chinese Elm, and I got really worried. But then I pulled out the old plant light (nothing fancy), and gave the tree a sun shower 2-4 hours a day. The amount of time that the other poster suggests sounds excessive, but try both starting with the least amount of time, then gradually (2-3 weeks) work your way up to more light if needed. Don't fret; it should survive. Only two more months until spring!

JohnQuinn

I suspect the air in your heated home is rather dry, too. These like high humidity and lots of light...Bill's suggestion is a good one as far as light goes, and keep it as close to the light source as possible. I have a couple in my heated greenhouse and they will still have some yellowing and dropping of some leaves in winter. It sounds like you have some new growth...is the new growth a bit leggy with long internodes compared to the old growth?

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eit27

The humidity may be some of the problem. The humidity in the house is around 55%. I have an aerogarden (dont laugh) if I put the rain tree next to that do you think that would help with the light issue? As of right now it is getting around 4 hours of good sunlight a day. I am looking into a 4' 6 bulb T-5 fixture with reflectors. Far as flourescents can you put them to close to the light? The only thing I can't figure out is the rain tree is in the same area with the rest of my tropicals. I have fukien teas, serrisa's, and a ligustrum. They all are doing fine with new shoots and blooming. It is just a little confusing they are doing so well and the rain tree seams to suffer.

007

I've got a rain tree that is in the middle of its second winter indoors . . . and like you are experiencing, it dropped about 60% of its leaves last winter. I had the tree both then and now in a southerly facing window where it receives direct morning sun for a period followed by very bright sun for the remainder of the day. It was still dropping leaves though, so I returned to the retailer (a trusted source) and explained my situation. THe suggestion made to me saved the tree's life and turned it around to like new in a matter of weeks . . .

What did I do? Put a plastic grocery bag over it at night . . . . I no longer do this since I have a humidifier in the room where its at, and the humidity is at about 50% in the room now, but before, that bag did wonders. I'd try it . . . its a simple, quick, easy remedy that may just do the trick.

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