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[IBC] 2 Problem Trees
Hello everyone,
I would like to ask your for expert opinions to help me with a couple of troublesome trees. 1. I own a Serissa, about 20 years old. I acquired this tree about 6 months ago. It has always produced a healthy amount of yellow leaves every day as well as a good amount of new growth. It even had a good amount of dried up leaves in its pot when I purchased it. I transplanted the tree and root pruned it (slightly) about 3 months ago. It has thinned out since, which I guess is normal. The problem is the yellow leaves amount. It seems to generate about a dozen or so new yellow leaves each day. All signs point to overwatering, but I don't think that's the case. I even invested in a hydrometer. I water the tree when the soil is dry about an inch under the topsoil. It interval varies with the weather. I feed it every 2 weeks or so and occasionally give it some MirAcid (which helps lessen the yellow leaves for a while). The tree sits in a very very bright window. Misting it or using a humidity tray (I do both) has no visible effect on the amount of yellow leaves. The roots seemed very healthy when I transplanted it. The condition of the tree does not seem to get any worse or better. I would just consider it a "Serissa Temper Tantrum" but there should be a better answer. Is there something I am missing? Do you have any suggestions? 2. I also have a Willow Leaf Ficus. The ficus became water-logged shortly after I purchased it. It was in bad soil that didn't drain well at all. I transplanted the tree into good draining soil since that. I did not root prune, but I did dig out the old soil out of the root ball a bit. The tree is attempting to recover. I see tiny little green buds appear on the branches, but most dry out, followed by drying out of the entire branch segment. The main branches are good and green most of the way up. Only the extremities dry out. There is one branch that has a great amount of growth on it. There are a couple of more trying to start. I left for a couple of days recently. When I returned, the leaves on the branch that had all of the growth were very droopy. They feel solid, but they are droopy. The look like dehydrated tree foliage. However, the soil is still wet, to touch and wet according to the hydrometer. The weird part is that the other branches that have leaves are completely fine. Only the branch with the most growth is droopy. I didn't feed the tree before I left, I just watered it. I don't know what the weather was like during my absence, but it has been raining in Philly for the past 2 weeks. We haven't had much sun at all. I think that there may have been a day of sunshine. Could the tree have been shocked? To not take any chances, I moved it out of the window and put it filtered light this morning. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you all in advance, Dmitry |
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