Irenie

As far I know Serrisa thrives in tropical climate. It loves plenty of
humidity and warmth. As you say "The weather was warm and sunny here in
london up until about a week ago when it has gone a lot colder and cloudy.
Could this have had an effect?"
I think it is very much so! Whenever there is sudden drop in temperature
and light, it gets a shock and leave fall without getting dry. Do not water
it heavily, otherwise there will be more problems. Do not fertilize till
early summer. Fertilizing a dormant plant causes reverse osmosis, i.e the
water starts going to the roots. That can also be one of the causes of leaf
fall.

Anil Kaushik
Bonsai Club (India)


Hello all, wondering if what is happening with my 8 year old serissa is
normal or whether i should be worried. Over the last week or so it has
been steadily loosing leaves. The loss of leaves has moved in quite a
systematic way, beginning from one side of the tree and moving to the
other until now there is only a small cluster left at one end of the
branches. The leaves show no sign of ill health or dryness before they
fall off and the ones left look perfectly healthy although i expect
they will also fall off in the next few days. Could anyone tell me if
this is normal behaviour for this time of year for a serissa. I've
thought that it could be normal as some trees do loose their leaves in
autumn but it seems strange that the leaves dont dry out before they
fall off as with other trees. The weather was warm and sunny here in
london up until about a week ago when it has gone alot colder and
cloudy. Could this have had an effect? I keep it inside where its light
but not in direct sunlight. Due to having moved house recently and other
things I have been less regimented about watering times (soaking up to
base of trunk in bowl of water at room temperature roughly every few
days as needed) but it has been kept constantly moist. I have been
fertilising every two weeks as its been summer. Please help someone.
Irenie


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