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[IBC] Maple seedlings
I have some maple seedlings that have grown nicely..until about last week.
The first set of leaves are extremely moist and fragile. They arent dried, but they seem to be dying. When I touch them, especially the tips, they're very "wet" and arent firm and dry as with healthy leaves. I put them in the morning sun yesterday and today, with no improvement. Are the leaves like this because of the wind? Here in Toronto, its very windy. I'm trying not to risk putting them out in full sun..as they might dry out. Any ideas? _Dan_ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Maple seedlings
I have some maple seedlings that have grown nicely..until about
last week. The first set of leaves are extremely moist and fragile. They arent dried, but they seem to be dying. When I touch them, especially the tips, they're very "wet" and arent firm and dry as with healthy leaves. I put them in the morning sun yesterday and today, with no improvement. Are the leaves like this because of the wind? Here in Toronto, its very windy. I'm trying not to risk putting them out in full sun..as they might dry out. Any ideas? How large are these seedlings? How old? How have you been watering them? Where have you been keeping them? What maple? Did you fertilize? With what? How much? Sounds like they're rotting somehow. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it should have - Paul Bigelow Sears. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Maple seedlings
I have some maple seedlings that have grown nicely..until about last week.
The first set of leaves are extremely moist and fragile. Dan - by "first set of leaves" do you mean the fist set which emerged from the soil? If so, these "seedling leaves" generally yellow and dry up during the first summer, no cause for concern. If you mean the newest smallest set of laves, yes it is cause for concern. They're either wilting from moisture loss (perhaps wind, as you said, in which case... put them somewhere protected from wind! or build a little wall of bricks beside them), or because of a fungal infection in the roots/soil. If the second, as Jim and Billy suggested, not much to be done but keep them on the dryish side and hope. Most commercially available fungicides for the consumer are of little use against root rot. If they die, discard plants and soil (trash, not compost) and sanitize the pots before reusing. Anita -- Northern Harford County, Maryland, USDA zone 6 "I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods. Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup." ~Wendell Berry ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Maple seedlings
Dan Voicu wrote: I have some maple seedlings that have grown nicely..until about last week. The first set of leaves are extremely moist and fragile. They arent dried, but they seem to be dying. When I touch them, especially the tips, they're very "wet" and arent firm and dry as with healthy leaves. I put them in the morning sun yesterday and today, with no improvement. Are the leaves like this because of the wind? Here in Toronto, its very windy. I'm trying not to risk putting them out in full sun..as they might dry out. Any ideas? Hi I have about 20 seedlings of palmatum born this year some are at tehir 3d.4 th pair of leaves 5-6 " tall I keep them in half shade tose one in full sun are less stron and still with two pair od first leaves I will keep them as such until next spring as I need to develope as much as possible the root system when repotting next spring before buds opens I will just cut off the tap root and no one else ... and let it freely grow for few years in a growing pot or ground if you have ( I live in an apt) The wind is drying the soili and the leaves tips easily , this is why is better to keep them in a sheltered place.. I live in zone 8 MSN messanger / or ICQ 25 666 169 4 L'Umiltą č la Peggiore delle Presunzioni (la Rochefoucauld) «»«»«» Just for today...be happy «»«»«» |
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