Too Hot

[Cip]

I just keep loosing tree after tree, it's just too hot.

 

[TN_Jim]

have examples & images?

 

[just.wing.it]

Shady spot?
Bigger pots?
Substrate with better water retention?
Water more?
Adapt and overcome!

Let's see the carnage.....

 

[Ruddigger]

Species? Work done this year?

 

[Tieball]

How hot is your hot?
I always thought South Carolina was a mild temperature zone.

 

[just.wing.it]

SC is a good ways south of me, and I see 100f usually at least one week per year, several weeks this year.

 

[Tieball]

The woodchuck rhyme floated into my subconscious…..so……
If a hot tree could take heat how much heat could a hot tree take.

 

[Paradox]

Which species have you lost?
What work did you do this year on them and when?
Where were they in your yard? All day sun or partial shade?
What is the soil mix they are in?
How often do you water?

All of these questions will help us figure out if there is something you can do to stop more from dying

 

[Cip]

How hot is your hot?
I always thought South Carolina was a mild temperature zone.

101 today

 

[Eckhoffw]

Yes. Hot here too. Twins cities -like many places- in a bad drought. It has been mid to upper 90s with sometimes a break in the upper 80s for the last month now.
#LEAFBURN!!

 

[coachspinks]

I just keep loosing tree after tree, it's just too hot.

As several others have mentioned, more info is needed. I am just west of you and we have been close to 100 degrees with dew points of 80 for several straight days now. I saw a "feels "like of 118 earlier this week. I monitor it pretty closely because there are high school athletic implications when it is this hot (note my screen name.) Anyway, mine are thriving but I do water twice a day.

 

[Eckhoffw]

Like others have asked, what trees? Let’s see the carnage!

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Shade cloth.

 

[Cip]

I just keep loosing tree after tree, it's just too hot.

I see all kinds of questions, so I just started 7 trees last May. All were low ground junipers, I made in to uprights. I do have one Cryptomeria Black Dragon that is doing well, it's still in the original container. I did very little root pruning and used for the most part the soil that they came in. I have bought some Monto clay, lava rock and Perlite. I bought 20/9/9 fertilizer and have used it two or three times in the last two months. They get full sun in the morning and then they are shaded by the porch roof the rest of the day. I'm not sure how often to water them, but I did see that the peat soil holds water much longer. I have 3 trees that are still alive, plus the Black Dragon, it was 40" high and I cut it back to 24" also I bought a cheap Ficus and so far it is doing well also.

 

[Cip]

Like others have asked, what trees? Let’s see the carnage!

I didn't keep the dead trees, sorry.

 

[Eckhoffw]

I didn't keep the dead trees, sorry.

No problem. I have a dump spot in the back with probably 20+ bonsai attempts. . The dog finds them and reminds me of my failed attempts.

 

[Dav4]

Not the heat... something else is leading to your problems.

 

[shimbrypaku]

My growing season in NC is going fine, I’m water every day. Only lost one in the spring, stupid mistake. Fertilizer a tree that was just root pruned.

 

[WNC Bonsai]

You may not be watering enough. Here in Asheville I water every day and today I just did a second go around since it was 85 and dry. Try growing bald cypress, impossible to over water and you can probably collect one yourself.

 

[penumbra]

Not the heat... something else is leading to your problems.

This^^^

Lots of people are handling hotter weather than yours and somehow manage. Imagine those west coast folks dealing with 115 degrees.
And frankly, don't think I am being unfair or unkind, but you haven't given us enough info to even hazard a guess as to what your issues are.