Many Days/Weeks Between Watering - Soil Modification?

[Tums]

u had me at horn pond

It's really pretty! I've been meaning to go hiking up the big hill whenever the garden stops demanding all my attention.

 

[TN_Jim]

It's really pretty! I've been meaning to go hiking up the big hill whenever the garden stops demanding all my attention.

for sure

 

[Gravy Master]

Update on the situation for those interested. I’ve had a miraculous turnaround! I sifted the existing soil mix I had, and added a healthy amount of coarse red lava.

I repotted them and gave them gentler light for a couple weeks, then started giving them fertilizer and lots of light. The Elm was slow to recuperate but once it started budding it really took off.