green leaves changing into white leaves !! HELP!
I have a problem with my Brazilian Rain Tree here in Miami, sitting S and outside. Its a big ( 80 inch tall) Bonsai tree and a few of new leaves came out or changed into a white color, they look they have been sprayed or kinda sprinkled on. I have never seen anything like it. Its inside of the leave, nothing to rub off. I also see spots of greyish color on the branches, for me looks like fungus but not sure if and if related to this issue. check pics
I saw the first one 10 days ago. Now it is kinda spreading, but in a weird way. It s not spreading in the same surroundings. So I guess either to do with a deficiency or too much of fertilizer.
But I use organic Sumo cakes in a basket and they release slowly. And I started with it after the first leaves changed into white. Attaching pics:
white colored leaves, nothing to rub off
white spots on branches, can't be rubbed off
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5 years agoThe leaves belong to an outside located Brazilian Rain Tree BONSAI . Its a big bonsai tree located in S Florida. Its 70 inches tall. Those leaves are not meant to be variegated but just simply green. Now a few new leaves came out like that and there is no real texture to it by touching it, its inside the leave. The few "infected" leaves are at total different places , so its not only happening in their immediate surroundings. In the bonsai world nobody has seen it happening on this specie. Its weird. Very weird. However I wanted to shout it out, there maybe somebody who has seen something similar. This specie does not have variegated leaves. I asked a bonsai guy in Brazil who has a bunch of those. The story of the tree is I just bought it 6 weeks ago and it sits in the sun where it belongs. Afternoon it sits in shade. Half of the tree has more yellowish leaves, looks like Chlorosis what I am treating now. Its a deficiency
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