Lighthouse Kerry Blues wrote:
Hi, We recently purchased a very large Hackberry bonsai tree. It must be very old because it's trunk has a 2 inch diameter. It has been doing fine outside, receiving early morning sun, then getting indirect sun the rest of the day. Recently here in Phoenix it went up 107 degrees. We've been keeping it watered but noticed yesterday that the leaves have dried up and sort of shriveled up. Is this due to the heat? We've since brought it inside and are furiously talking to it telling it that it can not die! lol Is there anything else we can do for it, is it past the point of no return, was the heat too much for it? Thanks, If it is your native hackberry, Celtis reticulata, it MUST be outside. In fact, none of the hackberries are indoor trees, but I don't think any of the other Celtis species will survive at all in Phoenix. It is a riparian tree (stream banks) and lives under the canopies of cottonwood and large willows, etc. so it should be kept in the shade in the summer. It likes moist soil, but like most trees does not like perpetually WET soil. There is a Phoenix Bonsai Society, and it has a website but I don't have the address. Google should find it. Go there, find a member and get local help -- and do it quickly. There's not much margin of safety when temps reach 100 degrees. But it WILL NOT SURVIVE INDOORS. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect - Aldo Leopold - A Sand County Almanac ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
I'm not sure exactly what kind of Hackberry it is. It was sold to us as
a Huckleberry tree. We came home to do research on it over the internet, only to find that a Huckleberry doesn't look anything like what we have. We did a leaf match and found out it's a Hackberry. The guy we bought it from, also told us to error on the side of over watering it and to bring it inside once the temps hit 110. I did a google image search and it does appear to be a Celtis reticulata just going by the leaf. After reading more about it, it seems like this tree should be doing really well in Phoenix and can handle full sun once it's established. That comes from the Phoenix bonsai site you were telling me to look for. Stephanie |
Lighthouse Kerry Blues wrote:
I'm not sure exactly what kind of Hackberry it is. It was sold to us as a Huckleberry tree. We came home to do research on it over the internet, only to find that a Huckleberry doesn't look anything like what we have. We did a leaf match and found out it's a Hackberry. The guy we bought it from, also told us to error on the side of over watering it and to bring it inside once the temps hit 110. I did a google image search and it does appear to be a Celtis reticulata just going by the leaf. After reading more about it, it seems like this tree should be doing really well in Phoenix and can handle full sun once it's established. That comes from the Phoenix bonsai site you were telling me to look for. Stephanie Well, all I can say is that you need to contact someone from the Phoenix club and get their help. Good luck. Jim Lewis - - This economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment. - Gaylord Nelson ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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