I've had my Chinese Elm outside in the horrible rainfall here in
Pennsylvania for the past month.
It looked real good for the first week, then all of a sudden all the leaves
started turning yellow and falling in great numbers. I'd bet I have less
than 25% of the leaves left.

I picked off all the yellow leaves and discovered new buds behind each.

I've decided that it's getting waterlogged. I've moved it inside and will
return it to a normal watering schedule when the sun shines with some
regularity.

The soil looks rather poor. Not your typical good draining bonsai soil.

Is it too late to re-pot this year ?


Mark Hill - Zone 6
(floating towards Zone 3!)

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In a message dated 6/23/2003 6:29:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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The soil looks rather poor. Not your typical good draining bonsai soil.

Is it too late to re-pot this year?


Probably not the best time but if the soil is sour it will die anyway.
Billy on the Florida Space Coast

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I've had my Chinese Elm outside in the horrible rainfall here
in
Pennsylvania for the past month.


snip


The soil looks rather poor. Not your typical good draining
bonsai soil.

Is it too late to re-pot this year ?


It's a bit late, BUT if you repot without doing major surgery to
the roots (and still maybe cut a bit off the top) you may be OK.
Otherwise, you may be on your way to a bit of root rot, and
that's not good.

So.

Wash the soil off the roots with a hard jet of water. Then use
good, fast-draining bonsai soil and repot -- same pot or slightly
larger one -- making certain that there are no air pockets around
the roots. Water well and set OUTSIDE if possible in a shaded,
non-soggy spot. If indoors is the only possible site, make sure
you have good light, great air circulation (a fan can help), and
do NOT overwater.

Water only when the soil feels dry.

If the rain stops (it HAS stopped down here!) get your tree
outdoors ASAP.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase
'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman

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What I usually do to trees that need re-potting when it is too late is to
put them in a much larger pot of fast draining soil (mostly sand or
pumice). Then I do a regular transplant at the proper time. This way
there is no additional root damage. I find this has been a successful
compromise out here in CA.

Kitsune Miko

at 08:30 PM 6/23/03 -0400, Jim Lewis wrote:
I've had my Chinese Elm outside in the horrible rainfall here
in
Pennsylvania for the past month.


snip


The soil looks rather poor. Not your typical good draining
bonsai soil.

Is it too late to re-pot this year ?


It's a bit late, BUT if you repot without doing major surgery to
the roots (and still maybe cut a bit off the top) you may be OK.
Otherwise, you may be on your way to a bit of root rot, and
that's not good.

So.

Wash the soil off the roots with a hard jet of water. Then use
good, fast-draining bonsai soil and repot -- same pot or slightly
larger one -- making certain that there are no air pockets around
the roots. Water well and set OUTSIDE if possible in a shaded,
non-soggy spot. If indoors is the only possible site, make sure
you have good light, great air circulation (a fan can help), and
do NOT overwater.

Water only when the soil feels dry.

If the rain stops (it HAS stopped down here!) get your tree
outdoors ASAP.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase
'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman

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Kitsune Miko wrote:

What I usually do to trees that need re-potting when it is too late is to
put them in a much larger pot of fast draining soil (mostly sand or
pumice). Then I do a regular transplant at the proper time. This way
there is no additional root damage. I find this has been a successful
compromise out here in CA.

Kitsune Miko


I've done the same thing both in Maine and here in southern NY state.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a sunset 37

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