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Trying to save this little guy...
Saw this little tree sitting on the reduced table of a local DIY store. It's leaves were shrivelled beyond recognition so I dont actually know what it is yet. Done the scratch test on the bark and some of the larger branches and there is green under there.
 Its roots were coming out the bottom and the soil was over wet. Looked as though they forgot to water, then over watered to try and compensate before throwing it on the reduced table. It had a £3 price tag but the cashier only charged me £2 and wished me luck with it. I know you should only try to repot a healthy tree but with the tree being rootbound and the soil being over wet I thought I should get the roots sorted and pot it in free draining soil. What sort of chances do you think this tree has of making a recovery? And is there anything I can do to help it along the way? |
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You could try slip potting it, instead of bare rooting as you would normally do, just lift it out soil and all and repot in something a little larger with all inorganic grit like turface on the bottom, then fill in around the sides.
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Whats all that green wire for?
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1/ make sure it survives 2/ Identify the tree once you have satisified bothof the above, then you try to shape the tree Ken
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
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Thanks Ken.
Took the wire off now. Still not showing any signs of new growth yet, but its still green beneath the bark. It's been 2 days since the repotting and I have been keeping it in a shady part of my room. Should I be looking to get it on the window sill to get light now? I have noticed that even though I used Akadama, the soil has remained looking wet. |
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A shady part of your room is sure death for the tree. It needs sun, preferable outdoors. If it is a ficus, it could possibly live in your room, most likely needing supplimental lighting. But if it is deciduous, it willl not live indoors without extensive modifications to the environment.
Don't water again until the soil is dry on the surface. Akadama holds a lot of water, like a sponge. The roots are not uptaking very much water, since there are no leaves transpiring. If the soil stays too damp the roots will rot. Good luck! Joanie
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Looking at the bark.....I bet thats a chinese elm (Ulmus parifolia). I had one just like it; same pot and everything. Just a guess though.
Another good thing about akadama is that it allows oxygen to circulate amongst the roots, but if the medium is always waterlogged then it won't do this as efficiently. When you water, the downward motion of the water trickling through the potting medium sucks fresh air into it and amongst the roots. This is why its a good idea to wait, and water when the medium is dry on the surface, as Joanie said. Good to see you got the wire off. Sounds like it was in a bad condition when you bought it, but I'm sure it will be fine, just don't fuss about with it.
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Thanks Joanie, It went onto the windowsill today. My room has a south facing window so it's bright all day every day (shame about the cloud today though.) The reason I had it shaded a little was due to what I read about keeping it out of direct sunlight for a couple of days after repotting.
The soil is starting to dry up around its visible large roots which I am pressuming is a good sign as it possibly indicates that the tree is now starting to take water. Richard, I would have thought it was possibly a chinese elm if i had not seen the shrivelled up leaves on the tree when i got it. They were almost smooth edged, unlike the jagged sort of edge my other chinese elm has. I could be wrong and the leaves could have just been shriveled beyond recognition. I usually only ever see 4 types of "mallsai" around though, Elms, Ficus, Fukien Tea and Serissa. Out of those the only obvious tree that it could be judging by the trunk as you said is the elm. |
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