Hey, everyone. I live in SE NC and I bought a double grafted dwarf pink
double bloom cherry tree the first of May. Planted it in good drianing
soil( a little clay/sand on the top1-2" and good dark soil underneath) where
it got full sun in the AM & early PM and shade after 3pm (which the nursery
keeper stated was fine) and keeping it watered every day. All things going
good for a month (to the first of June) and then we had about a week of
rain, off and on, so I did not water it for 5 days, as there was rain at
least 2 hours everyday. Three days after the rain subsided and decided to
move northward, my trees' leaves started to "curl" not tip to stem, but side
to side and looked a little 'puney'. I had already started to watering it
again for two days. The NEXT day the leaves turned yellow, but not on the
tip of the branches, but near where the branches stemmed from the tree to
about half way down the branches. Again, the very next day the yellow leaves
started falling off. This is no exaggeration as it happened over a three day
pass that these events too place. The tree still has green leaves on the
end of the branches but is 'naked' from the trunk to the middle of the
branches where the greenery begins. Any suggestions? Too much water? Not
enough? Needs something extra? Thanks in advance for any advice.