My hornbeam bonsai has scorched in 3 days of sun

[Paradox]

GOOD EYE, @Bonsai Nut !

I see the webbing, now.

Agreed. I didn't notice it either. Picture is too small on my phone

 

[HorseloverFat]

Agreed. I didn't notice it either. Picture is too small on my phone

Hehe! Makes me wish I owned a computer that was capable of synching with Wireless internet.. but I bought mine used, from a community college... in 2007.

 

[Paradox]

Hehe! Makes me wish I owned a computer that was capable of synching with Wireless internet.. but I bought mine used, from a community college... in 2007.

I am not home right now and the phone is the only option in between waiting for timed tasks that I am working on to complete

 

[HorseloverFat]

I am not home right now and the phone is the only option in between waiting for timed tasks that I am working on to complete

I like the way you say that!

I bet you like taking notes in class.... me too.... everyone would just make copies of mine.

 

[Paradox]

I like the way you say that!

I bet you like taking notes in class.... me too.... everyone would just make copies of mine.

LOL no, I was at work and we were doing field sampling. There is down time between when we are doing the sampling and then 10 minutes during the sampling that is just idle waiting so I spend a lot of that time reading the forum on my phone.

 

[HorseloverFat]

field sampling.

Soil/Water?.... potatoes!?

Haha! Sorry!
Hijacking the thread with unrelated questions.

 

[Paradox]

Soil/Water?.... potatoes!?

Haha! Sorry!
Hijacking the thread with unrelated questions.

Out on the water sampling fish

 

[Digiwig]

Thanks for all of your help so far.

I watered it twice yesterday, and this morning the trunk and substrate are still quite damp. I won't water again until this evening, but only if it appears dry.

On closer inspection, I don't see any mites or any other signs of infestation (only the odd spider web around the base), but do I see some buds that could be sprouting new leaves. Other buds appear brown and dead (or maybe just old??)

I inherited this bonsai from an uncle who passed away last year and this little thing means a lot to me, but I am very new to bonsai so please bear with my lack of understanding.

I have hope...

 

[HorseloverFat]

Get a WHITE piece of paper..

Hold the paper underneath some effected branches, and BIFF ‘em (the branches), jiggly-bones style!

Check the paper REEEAL close... is there and TIIIIIINY dark “specks” on the paper?

Look again, CLOSER.... are they moving?

 

[HorseloverFat]

How um... “crunchy” are those leaves?

 

[Aeast]

This has nothing to do with spider mites, everything to do with watering.

 

[BobbyLane]

could be a mixture of both. mites love dry conditions such as the plant was in.

 

[Digiwig]

How um... “crunchy” are those leaves?

They're crunchy. They disintegrate on touch.

 

[Digiwig]

A bit of Googling tells me that leaves go brown from the inside out when they are over watered. I am now wondering if I over-watered it before I left it for 3 days??...

 

[Digiwig]

Get a WHITE piece of paper..

Hold the paper underneath some effected branches, and BIFF ‘em (the branches), jiggly-bones style!

Check the paper REEEAL close... is there and TIIIIIINY dark “specks” on the paper?

Look again, CLOSER.... are they moving?

Done this. Any specks that fall onto the paper are dust/disintegrated leaves. Nothing moves.

 

[penumbra]

Clip of all your dead leaves, clean the plant up and allow the new leaves to come in.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Clip of all your dead leaves, clean the plant up and allow the new leaves to come in.

Agreed.. i’ll bet it has got enough reserves stored in that trunk to refoliate... probably will suffer dieback, slightly.. although I’m unfamiliar with hornbeams.

 

[Forsoothe!]

A bit of Googling tells me that leaves go brown from the inside out when they are over watered. I am now wondering if I over-watered it before I left it for 3 days??...

That's a pretty good example of how useless google has become. It originally brought up everything from scientific articles to sellers and you could page through them for what you wanted to see, but now only ever brings up those sellers that have commercial arrangements with google. They are now the old Yellow Pages redux where non-advertisers didn't exist in the listings. God Damn all of them, and their children.

 

[Gabler]

That's a pretty good example of how useless google has become. It originally brought up everything from scientific articles to sellers and you could page through them for what you wanted to see, but now only ever brings up those sellers that have commercial arrangements with google. They are now the old Yellow Pages redux where non-advertisers didn't exist in the listings. God Damn all of them, and their children.

I don't even use Google anymore. DuckDuckGo isn't a huge improvement, but at least they don't sell your browser history to the highest bidder.

Clip of all your dead leaves, clean the plant up and allow the new leaves to come in.

I had a similar success earlier this year, when I was on a collecting frenzy and I pulled a Carpinus caroliniana with too little root mass. It leafed out in late March, dried up when things started to get hot in May, and now it's leafing out again. I moved it from part to full shade, nestled under a lilac bush. Fingers crossed that it continues recovering.

 

[HorseloverFat]

I don't even use Google anymore. DuckDuckGo isn't a huge improvement, but at least they don't sell your browser history to the highest bidder.



I had a similar success earlier this year, when I was on a collecting frenzy and I pulled a Carpinus caroliniana with too little root mass. It leafed out in late March, dried up when things started to get hot in May, and now it's leafing out again. I moved it from part to full shade, nestled under a lilac bush. Fingers crossed that it continues recovering.

Ahhh under the mask.... there exists...

BEARD!!

I knew it!