Chinese Elm, leaves turned yellow now going brown

[UncannyMongoose]

Hey everyone,

Can this tree be saved. Got it about a month ago as a cutting with decent amount of roots (for free) was missing some leaves when I got it but otherwise seemed OK. Potted it and within a week or two started seeing yellow leaves then more. Thought it might have been over watering because I realized my sprinklers were getting it every morning. Been trying to let it dry a bit more before watering but doesn't seem better. Anything I can do to save it? Help greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

[chantat]

I think you may have repotted it at the wrong time of the year and the tree cannot handle the heat stress of the summer. The tree is probably dead but I would keep watering only when the soil is dry. There's a slim chance that it is still alive.

 

[Joe Dupre']

May be too late, but I'd keep it in the shade for a while.........with maybe an hour or so of morning sun.

 

[BrightsideB]

What @Joe Dupre' said. I’m had a small one in a small pot lose it’s leaves to my neglect. I put it into the shade and it came back.

 

[UncannyMongoose]

Got it at a bonsai club meeting. It was in a pot loose with some soil, not really "potted" per se. They said I should properly pot it when I got home so I did. I'll try to keep watering, will limit sun. Hope it makes it.

 

[rockm]

I would not give up on it yet. Keep it in the shade as suggested. Keep the soil moist (not soggy--and the soil looks a bit too coarse for an elm, but I wouldn't move it out of it yet. Additionally, you might consider placing a layer of long fibered sphagnum moss on the surface. Wet it down and let it alone--the moss helps keep an even level of moisture underneath. Check under it every day or so to make sure it's not dried out--it probably won't dry out with the moss for a while. Give the tree a month or so to push new buds. If it doesn't, it's a goner. It may push new growth on only certain areas of the tree. The areas that don't have new growth may have died. You won't know for a while though.

 

[UncannyMongoose]

They gave me an organic kind of home made soil mix. I potted in that at first, watered it and it drained terrible, basically not at all. I mixed the volcanic rock in for better drainage, much better now but still stays wet for awhile. I put a bit more on top for aesthetics but underneath is much more mixed.

 

[Joe Dupre']

Don't forget that a sick plant with no leaves will not be using much water at all. It may go days without needing to be watered.