Help my dying tree it's leaves are drying
sashaprokaski
8 years ago
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I found a dying tree and brought it home just to have it still dying it was exposed to Winnipeg winter for a block help please I want to save it
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Comments (2)Ok, first get the pot out of the water... the roots will rot (trust me). Second, stop misting the soil. You'll get mold and who knows what. Dig your finger into it deeper than 1" and if it's dry there, water properly from above - enough so all the roots actually get a drink, but drain it in the sink - it may not have been watered properly in a while. If it's not dry though, don't water til it is - Scheffleras can get pretty dry between waterings and will react badly to being kept wet all the time. Thirdly, get it into more light for a lot of hours a day. And lastly, DO get a wide and high-sided tray of stones with water up to just below the stones. THEN put the pot on that for humidity - more effective than spraying but won't rot anything. Also keep the whole thing in a relatively warm but not drying atmosphere. Don't worry about the dead leaves - remove then if you want to, it doesn't matter much. And be patient... give it time to recover. Just remember once it's properly watered continue to do it that way, but allow a lot of the soil to dry out in between times. If you can repot, it would be best to do so adding lots of grit (perlite, small aquarium gravel) for fast drainage, which is really the key to growing healthy trees....See MoreMy money tree (Pachira Aquatica) is dying, please help!
Comments (1)If you don't ever repot, the expanding root system will eventually die and cannot hold water if most of the soil is eventually used up. Of course you have to repot, just do it carefully....See MoreIs my new Carambola tree Dying? (it's dropping it's leaves) :-(
Comments (9)hello Johnathan J, for me (hot and dry here), I would leave it shaded for at least a week or until you see new growth, then slowly aclimate it to its spot. My carambola is just a seedling but here are my thoughts on repotting: give it a week or two (or three) when you see active growth, move it to a larger pot. I would not reccomend moving it to a huge pot just yet. This is my experience, one plant I moved to a huge pot after purchase (last fall) I had difficulties planting in the ground this spring. The extra soil broke away from the rootball, taking all the new delicate roots with it. My other experience is overpotting and rot. This last winter another newly purchased plant was placed in a huge pot (it was going to stay potted). As winter progressed and cool spring arrived, I started watering more. The soil at the top of the pot would dry before the soil at the bottom. Before too long the soil smelled foul and the roots rotted. This is not the case with all plants, my guavas and solanums have such dense root systems, they jumped a pot size. good luck, -Ethan...See MoreAcacia Baileyana (Wattle Tree) dry and losing it's leaves
Comments (17)Definitely not a tree I'd be trying to grow in a pot. They just want to grow too big, too fast. They need very good drainage, and withstand droughts well, so yes, I'd be cautious about over-watering it. And like most Oz natives, very susceptible to death by phosphorous if you're fertilising it. I've never met an Acacia that liked being fertilised at all, and I've grown dozens of different species over decades. Yours appears to be dying/dead. A. baileyana (Cootamundra Wattle) is also a known environmental thug of native bushland, so if you must grow a wattle in a pot, why not choose a smaller species? I'd highly recommend A. cognata in your situation, but as there are more than 1000 species, a trip to a nursery with a good selection might be a good idea... Acacia cognata in pot...See More
sashaprokaski
8 years agoOk not long enough I guess it started new leaves and I really potted it
So I hope this will work and wondering if I should cut any dying branches off cause I don't know if those one will get new leaves also
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