Green under the trunk, but dying?

BonsaiBen

OK, so I am scared that I have a Chinese Elm dying on me. I have had it for about a year and it was thriving up until the winter. I had it outside in its over sized growing pot, wrapped in bubble wrap for most of the winter (I live in NY). About a week or so ago, I brought it inside because temps dipped under 0 and I didnt think I could protect it enough outside. I put it in the coolest part of my apartment for the soil to thaw. Once the soil was thawed I watered it and put it in a sunny window.

At that point, the bark looked healthy and it was green underneath. Since then, the bark has wrinkled and looks dried out. The branches looked rather brittle so I snapped a couple of them. Some were dead and others still had green on the inside. Under the main trunk it is still greenish but since the bark is getting wrinkly, I am scared that it is dead or dying. Is there anything I can do or is it a goner?

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BonsaiBen

Here are a couple of photos I just took of it. Note where i just notched the trunk with my pen knife. I hope the image quality is good enough to see-- I had to shrink the files to upload...

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TreeBay

It definitely looks like frost damage to me. Once the danger of hard frost has subsided you'll want to get it back outside. Be careful not to overwater it in the meantime. Maybe it will pull through, resprout from the root crown. It's possible.

There is nothing really to be done other than this.

Regards,

Matt

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BonsaiBen

Thanks for the answer Matt. When you say that it might resprout from the root crown, do you think that most of the current tree is certainly a goner?

I put it outside today to get some sun and air as it is 50 degrees. I'll bring it in at night and set it back out on warmer days until the spring is here when it can stay out on a permanent basis.