hi AK no offense, but how do you go from 'high water' to 'low water' in a matter of ('maybe two weeks')? Ive have one a little smaller than yours on my (east facing) bath window for about 3Mnths now, hasnt grown an inch that i can tell, but i allow it to become fairly dry between waterings. In that (your) soil, when bone-dry, it should 'feel' almost feather light, see? You have to get a feel for that, untill you do, you'll need a way to check it, particularly the bottom of the soil/rootball, not just the top inch, dig? I would consider pulling it out of the pot (it 'should' stay together, intact,, you'll know) and seeing just how dry, moist, or Wet it actually is (in its entirety) or, you could get a dowel stick of some sort, poke it (deep) into the soil, leave it for a cpl mins, and learn to judge from that,,, 'Most' plants dont like to be constantly 'wet',, OR moved constantly while theyre trying to acclimate to a new environment (your home), from what mayve been a semi-temporary environment anyway (this campus today, another tomm, gotta sell these tress,,,). Carmona microphylla, Fukien or (Fuijan) Tea are even a little more sensitive to this, as Ryan says, their 'rather finicky', or can be,, In the heat of my Apt, in dead summer, i doubt i watered twice a week. ...not saying to compare your situation to this, but its hard to imagine all the 'trial n error' you described, (4 waterings in 2 weeks vs. xxxx....). Outside in Full Sun, it might need waterd daily, inside, in filtered/dappled/indirect light probably mush less,, the key is to match its watering NEEDS, to the amount of light you can give it. NOT 'its wed., or 'looks' dry, time to water', not saying You do, but some do,,,, Yellowing leaves are typically an indicator of a watering issue, or somtimes just any 'stress',, (unfortunately) it could indicate too little, or too much,, but thats your first 'clue', its talking to You, you just need to learn to 'listen'. If its been seriously water-logged for a significant time, you may need to allow it to dry out more than you probably think, (just not Bone-Dry), kinda 'weening' her back like, ya know? ...would really need to 'know' whats going on below the soil line,,, btw many plants will 'tolerate' a variety of conditions, beyond what they actually 'prefer', but ya gotta kinda allow them a minute or two to adjust to it, hopefully we're not at a point where we cant give her another minute to adjust,,, heres some 'general' care tips to start ya off http://www.bonsai4me.com/SpeciesGuide/Carmona.html http://www.bonsaigardener.org/fukien-tea-bonsai.html Shes a cute little specimen! hope ya can get er goin, post back if ya want or (need?) to I'd luv to hear how shes doin, regardless... Pls know that (despite however it 'sounds' whilst i hastily typed, with nothin but dinner, a shower, and My plants needs being backburnered in mind...) im really hoping this helps some, else i wouldnt have bothered right? :) ss nice nick btw :)

I don't think having planted "relatives" like eggplant and tomato would bring this wild plant to your yard except insomuch as it may enjoy similar soil. But it seems to me that the "deadly nightshade" (with red berries) that grows in my yard isn't all that fussy about soil composition. It'll pop up everywhere. The good news is that nightshade is usually pretty easy to pull up. It'll come back, of course, unless you really dig up the roots, but it's not like trying to pull up a deep taprooted plant or even something like crabgrass.

This is Judy in CA: I just got the biggest laugh read all these rose Bush stories!! Been there done that! In fact one of my sons is coming over tomorrow with his chain saw to hack my four Cecile Bruner roses off at the ground. Then I will use the salt and boiling water trick and see what happens. I planted them seven years ago as a pseudo fence. Used poles and wires and they were beaut the first three or four years. Then I had to trim them sever times a week so they didn’t slap us in the face and stab us with thorns! Plus they were no blooming as before and grown over and into my neighbor’s shed( the pruning got away from her)!!🥴. So my project last sunmet was to cut them to fence height and keep them as small bushes. They had other ideas and I was pruning all the time again to keep them “in shape”! So this year it is bye bye. After the chain saw massacre, I will do as I’ve said plus use the black trash bag on top and pit a barrel with a different rose bush in it that is very well behaved and sm divine! I paved over one at my other house but lo and behold I noticed a “weed” growing up about five feet out from the paving in the middle of my ground cover and yes, it was the pesky rose bush trying to reassert itself. Don’t remember how I dealt with it but I did get rid of it without much trouble. I must have caught it early before it got too much of a hold. At least I feel better that I’m not the only one having this problem. Best thing- use pots for roses!!!

It doesn't have thorns does it? I don't think it's a rose, mostly because the way it is putting out such skinny little cross branches. I think the first thing to do would be to just remove the dead stuff. Cut it down to living cane/stems. (green in the middle) and then water it properly. Most plants like the top inch of soil to be dry before rewatering. I recommend reposting this on the Name Taht Plant Forum and add a picture of a green leaf. This post was edited by lola-lemon on Thu, Jun 6, 13 at 22:50