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Sickly Weeping Willow
I have a salix x sepulcralis chrysocoma in a large planter. A couple of
months ago it was affected by scale, which I manageed to treat scucessfully, now it has another problem. Almost half the leaves have gone very dry and curled up, some have started falling, it's happened very quickly, in the past 4 or 5 days. It's planted in potting compost with pearlite, gets plenty of water and a regular feed. I have other ordinary willows in pots which are all doing fine. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong, or if I have just bought a dud tree. Any advice would be much appreciated. Earnest Trawler |
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Sickly Weeping Willow
I am not a willow expert, but this sounds like drought to me. If you're
sure you're giving it enough water, is it possible that the water isn't reaching the tree efficiently. Is your tree grafted, for instance, and if it is, have you checked that the graft/union is still intact? SPIDER Earnest Trawler wrote in message ... I have a salix x sepulcralis chrysocoma in a large planter. A couple of months ago it was affected by scale, which I manageed to treat scucessfully, now it has another problem. Almost half the leaves have gone very dry and curled up, some have started falling, it's happened very quickly, in the past 4 or 5 days. It's planted in potting compost with pearlite, gets plenty of water and a regular feed. I have other ordinary willows in pots which are all doing fine. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong, or if I have just bought a dud tree. Any advice would be much appreciated. Earnest Trawler |
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If this willow is the potential giant I associate with pond-side planting,
it is possible it has outgrown its pot .. used up the soil until there is nothing left to retain water. Although it seems unlikely after just three months, there must be a considerable root mass to support that extra 2' of growth. If you investigate the rootball, you will learn how quickly the root is spreading, and even if it is damaged. It may help to do some remedial root-pruning if you want to keep it in the same container, or pot on to a bigger pot if you want natural growth. I'm sure your feeding regime is appropriate since you have several other willows in pots, so it can't be starvation. My only other guess is that it may have been 'watered' by something with four legs. If this is likely, then a good flushing out of the soil with more water will continue the dilution process. It would certainly help to keep the tree shaded until its health improves. Sorry can't help further without more clues, but will check my RHS guide for diseases of Salix when I get a minute. SPIDER Earnest Trawler wrote in message ... Thanks for your reply Spider. I have been watering it every day untill water runs out the bottom of the planter. It is grafted, I had not thought of that, the graft looks to be fine. It's grown quickly from 6 feet when bought 3 months ago to about 8 feet and the trunk has thickened quite a bit, it seemed to be doing very well up untill a few days ago. Earnest Trawler "Spider" wrote in message ... I am not a willow expert, but this sounds like drought to me. If you're sure you're giving it enough water, is it possible that the water isn't reaching the tree efficiently. Is your tree grafted, for instance, and if it is, have you checked that the graft/union is still intact? SPIDER Earnest Trawler wrote in message ... I have a salix x sepulcralis chrysocoma in a large planter. A couple of months ago it was affected by scale, which I manageed to treat scucessfully, now it has another problem. Almost half the leaves have gone very dry and curled up, some have started falling, it's happened very quickly, in the past 4 or 5 days. It's planted in potting compost with pearlite, gets plenty of water and a regular feed. I have other ordinary willows in pots which are all doing fine. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong, or if I have just bought a dud tree. Any advice would be much appreciated. Earnest Trawler |
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If this willow is the potential giant I associate with pond-side planting,
it is possible it has outgrown its pot .. used up the soil until there is nothing left to retain water. Although it seems unlikely after just three months, there must be a considerable root mass to support that extra 2' of growth. If you investigate the rootball, you will learn how quickly the root is spreading, and even if it is damaged. It may help to do some remedial root-pruning if you want to keep it in the same container, or pot on to a bigger pot if you want natural growth. I'm sure your feeding regime is appropriate since you have several other willows in pots, so it can't be starvation. My only other guess is that it may have been 'watered' by something with four legs. If this is likely, then a good flushing out of the soil with more water will continue the dilution process. It would certainly help to keep the tree shaded until its health improves. Sorry can't help further without more clues, but will check my RHS guide for diseases of Salix when I get a minute. SPIDER Earnest Trawler wrote in message ... Thanks for your reply Spider. I have been watering it every day untill water runs out the bottom of the planter. It is grafted, I had not thought of that, the graft looks to be fine. It's grown quickly from 6 feet when bought 3 months ago to about 8 feet and the trunk has thickened quite a bit, it seemed to be doing very well up untill a few days ago. Earnest Trawler "Spider" wrote in message ... I am not a willow expert, but this sounds like drought to me. If you're sure you're giving it enough water, is it possible that the water isn't reaching the tree efficiently. Is your tree grafted, for instance, and if it is, have you checked that the graft/union is still intact? SPIDER Earnest Trawler wrote in message ... I have a salix x sepulcralis chrysocoma in a large planter. A couple of months ago it was affected by scale, which I manageed to treat scucessfully, now it has another problem. Almost half the leaves have gone very dry and curled up, some have started falling, it's happened very quickly, in the past 4 or 5 days. It's planted in potting compost with pearlite, gets plenty of water and a regular feed. I have other ordinary willows in pots which are all doing fine. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong, or if I have just bought a dud tree. Any advice would be much appreciated. Earnest Trawler |
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Thanks again for the suggestions.
A four-legged cause is quite possible, I have six cats, several of ny neighbours have cats too, shall have to have words with them. :-) That could well explain the suddeness of it. I will lift it and take a look at the rootball over the weekend, give it a trim and add some fresh compost. It's in an 80 litre planter which cost rather more than the tree, so that's going to be it's permanent home. Earnest Trawler "Spider" wrote in message ... If this willow is the potential giant I associate with pond-side planting, it is possible it has outgrown its pot .. used up the soil until there is nothing left to retain water. Although it seems unlikely after just three months, there must be a considerable root mass to support that extra 2' of growth. If you investigate the rootball, you will learn how quickly the root is spreading, and even if it is damaged. It may help to do some remedial root-pruning if you want to keep it in the same container, or pot on to a bigger pot if you want natural growth. I'm sure your feeding regime is appropriate since you have several other willows in pots, so it can't be starvation. My only other guess is that it may have been 'watered' by something with four legs. If this is likely, then a good flushing out of the soil with more water will continue the dilution process. It would certainly help to keep the tree shaded until its health improves. Sorry can't help further without more clues, but will check my RHS guide for diseases of Salix when I get a minute. SPIDER Earnest Trawler wrote in message ... Thanks for your reply Spider. I have been watering it every day untill water runs out the bottom of the planter. It is grafted, I had not thought of that, the graft looks to be fine. It's grown quickly from 6 feet when bought 3 months ago to about 8 feet and the trunk has thickened quite a bit, it seemed to be doing very well up untill a few days ago. Earnest Trawler "Spider" wrote in message ... I am not a willow expert, but this sounds like drought to me. If you're sure you're giving it enough water, is it possible that the water isn't reaching the tree efficiently. Is your tree grafted, for instance, and if it is, have you checked that the graft/union is still intact? SPIDER |
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Glad to help .. if I have.
Don't be too hard on the cats. You may have foxes in your area, and they could aim higher! Check the height of the damage before you start pulling whiskers out!. Good luck. Spider. Earnest Trawler wrote in message ... Thanks again for the suggestions. A four-legged cause is quite possible, I have six cats, several of ny neighbours have cats too, shall have to have words with them. :-) That could well explain the suddeness of it. I will lift it and take a look at the rootball over the weekend, give it a trim and add some fresh compost. It's in an 80 litre planter which cost rather more than the tree, so that's going to be it's permanent home. Earnest Trawler "Spider" wrote in message ... If this willow is the potential giant I associate with pond-side planting, it is possible it has outgrown its pot .. used up the soil until there is nothing left to retain water. Although it seems unlikely after just three months, there must be a considerable root mass to support that extra 2' of growth. If you investigate the rootball, you will learn how quickly the root is spreading, and even if it is damaged. It may help to do some remedial root-pruning if you want to keep it in the same container, or pot on to a bigger pot if you want natural growth. I'm sure your feeding regime is appropriate since you have several other willows in pots, so it can't be starvation. My only other guess is that it may have been 'watered' by something with four legs. If this is likely, then a good flushing out of the soil with more water will continue the dilution process. It would certainly help to keep the tree shaded until its health improves. Sorry can't help further without more clues, but will check my RHS guide for diseases of Salix when I get a minute. SPIDER Earnest Trawler wrote in message ... Thanks for your reply Spider. I have been watering it every day untill water runs out the bottom of the planter. It is grafted, I had not thought of that, the graft looks to be fine. It's grown quickly from 6 feet when bought 3 months ago to about 8 feet and the trunk has thickened quite a bit, it seemed to be doing very well up untill a few days ago. Earnest Trawler "Spider" wrote in message ... I am not a willow expert, but this sounds like drought to me. If you're sure you're giving it enough water, is it possible that the water isn't reaching the tree efficiently. Is your tree grafted, for instance, and if it is, have you checked that the graft/union is still intact? SPIDER |
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Sickly Weeping Willow
Sounds like you've finally cracked it. Hope all goes well from now on.
Incidentally, cats don't eat cacti - they like soft squeaky things! Regards. Spider Earnest Trawler wrote in message ... Had a look at it this evening, had to lift the tree and all the compost out in one rather heavy lump as it was rather badly rootbound. The compost was much drier that I would have expected in view of the amount of water I give it. There is no damage that I can see other that a lot of dried out leaves. I have trimmed the rootball to about half it's size, replanted it with plenty of new compost with pearlite and a top dressing of grit, have put far fewer crocks in the bottom to reduce the drainage a bit and removed the worst affected branches. I also put a cane and string "fence" around it in case it is a cat problem, it probably isn't, but the teeth marks in some of my cacti are a little suspicious. :-) Just have to wait and see. Regards, Earnest Trawler "Spider" wrote in message ... Glad to help .. if I have. Don't be too hard on the cats. You may have foxes in your area, and they could aim higher! Check the height of the damage before you start pulling whiskers out!. Good luck. Spider. Earnest Trawler wrote in message ... Thanks again for the suggestions. A four-legged cause is quite possible, I have six cats, several of ny neighbours have cats too, shall have to have words with them. :-) That could well explain the suddeness of it. I will lift it and take a look at the rootball over the weekend, give it a trim and add some fresh compost. It's in an 80 litre planter which cost rather more than the tree, so that's going to be it's permanent home. Earnest Trawler "Spider" wrote in message ... If this willow is the potential giant I associate with pond-side planting, it is possible it has outgrown its pot .. used up the soil until there is nothing left to retain water. Although it seems unlikely after just three months, there must be a considerable root mass to support that extra 2' of growth. If you investigate the rootball, you will learn how quickly the root is spreading, and even if it is damaged. It may help to do some remedial root-pruning if you want to keep it in the same container, or pot on to a bigger pot if you want natural growth. I'm sure your feeding regime is appropriate since you have several other willows in pots, so it can't be starvation. My only other guess is that it may have been 'watered' by something with four legs. If this is likely, then a good flushing out of the soil with more water will continue the dilution process. It would certainly help to keep the tree shaded until its health improves. Sorry can't help further without more clues, but will check my RHS guide for diseases of Salix when I get a minute. SPIDER |
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