This large Carpinus was gifted to me by a friend that could not keep up with his collection last fall due to the heat in Fairfield CA. The tree along with its brother were left over trees from the Getty Museum plantings.
The tree had lost its apex. The thought as a result of excessive heat. It is a beast. Came out of its pot while cramming into my car (the pot is heavy enough on its own).
With some help I managed to get it into a 1/2 blue barrel that had been used as a wicking bed. had drilled lots of holes in the bottom of the side for drainage. Media is coco and perlite.
I looked it over carefully in the winter and noticed more dead areas at the top but decided to wait until summer to see how things looked.
It's not quite summer here but the top 1/3 to 1/2 is not like the rest. Since he has verticillium in his inground maples I did some reading and Carpinus are not susceptible to that fungus. (missouribotanicalgarden). That and I did not find any streaking of the wood normally seen.
There is a wound on the trunk from years ago but the branches immediately above are not showing the symptoms as the top.
Too much sun?
Transplant shock?
Oldest leaves on questionable portions are yellowing but not on the bottom of the tree (not N deficiency.)
Its too wide and the interior of the branches are lacking foliage so it needs work anyway.
The tree had lost its apex. The thought as a result of excessive heat. It is a beast. Came out of its pot while cramming into my car (the pot is heavy enough on its own).
With some help I managed to get it into a 1/2 blue barrel that had been used as a wicking bed. had drilled lots of holes in the bottom of the side for drainage. Media is coco and perlite.
I looked it over carefully in the winter and noticed more dead areas at the top but decided to wait until summer to see how things looked.
It's not quite summer here but the top 1/3 to 1/2 is not like the rest. Since he has verticillium in his inground maples I did some reading and Carpinus are not susceptible to that fungus. (missouribotanicalgarden). That and I did not find any streaking of the wood normally seen.
There is a wound on the trunk from years ago but the branches immediately above are not showing the symptoms as the top.
Too much sun?
Transplant shock?
Oldest leaves on questionable portions are yellowing but not on the bottom of the tree (not N deficiency.)
Its too wide and the interior of the branches are lacking foliage so it needs work anyway.
