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13-Aug-2007
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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: Aug-2007
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*Sigh* I killed my tree :(
I have had my Tree for about a year. Last summer she did fine, I over watered her a little in the autaum though but she pulled through and was doing fine this summer.
Here in the UK the weather had been quite bad so I didn't have to water her too much as there wasn't much sun. Then the past few weeks it has been quite nice, however I forgot to water her often as she hadn't really needed it this year. I noticed today the leaves were looking a light green (normally they are very dark), so I knew she needed water badly. I went and watered her and went to brush the dead leaves off, only problem was they all came off, now she has no leaves on her at all. Is she totally dead? Should I bin her or can she recover? |
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13-Aug-2007
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Bonsai Barry
 
Join Date: Dec-2004
Location: Santa Maria, CA
Country: USA
USDA Zone: 9
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It would be helpful to know:
1) the type of tree 2) the kind of soil that you used 3) the size of the pot
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13-Aug-2007
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bonsaiTALK ArchMaster
 
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Hi,
Take something sharp and scrape away a little of the surface bark, check the cambium layer that is just below the bark surface for a moist green appearance. If the cambium is drying out or turning pale or brown the tree is ka put. If the cambium is good the tree should bounce back with proper care. http://www.uic.edu/classes/bios/bio...m/treetrunk.jpg Last edited by RedPine : 13-Aug-2007 at 09:27 PM. |
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14-Aug-2007
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Just for purposes of commisseration and support:
I've killed several trees this year. One was a small sweetgum I collected from my yard. Not sure what did it in, but it didn't last long after collection. One was a mulberry I collected. I've had tons of mulberries popping up around the yard. I successfully collected about ten of them, but one of the larger ones I accidentally chopped through the trunk just below the soil line--an act of sheer stupidity, there's no other excuse--and although I tried to root it as a cutting it didn't take. I also started some giant sequoias from seed, got nine of them to germinate but then all died, mostly from damping off I think. But we have to be philosophical about these things. Live and learn. Or maybe kill and learn. We will survive to do bonsai another year. 
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