Please help..may have dead chinese elm.
I bought a Chinese Elm is September and it did leave a few months after. Now for the past 4-5 months, iv'e seen no leaves at all.I've watered it and checking it with a water meter, it doesn't seem to dry out quickly. Where as my other bonsai drys out quickly. Why are the leaves growing back. Is it dead?
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Welcome to both Maria and Treeflea,
Maria, are you aware that you answered Treeflea's question by repeating your original post? I have deleted the duplicate. I must admit I am having a hard time deciphering your post. The items in red are assumptions on my part.
Norm
Maria, are you aware that you answered Treeflea's question by repeating your original post? I have deleted the duplicate. I must admit I am having a hard time deciphering your post. The items in red are assumptions on my part.
Unless you live in the southern hemisphere the tree should have been in leaf at that time of year and if it was not then you had trouble from the start.I bought a Chinese Elm in September and it did leaf out a few months after.
Sorry but this does not bode well for the future of this tree. No matter what hemisphere you are from you should have seen some foliage in this time frame. I would say it is dead. Scratch the bark in an unobtrusive location and observe the color underneath. Some green indicates that it is alive anything else is bad news.Now for the past 4-5 months, iv'e seen no leaves at all.
Without foliage the tree is not transpiring water therefore the soil stays wet until it dries through evaporation.it doesn't seem to dry out quickly. Where as my other bonsai drys out quickly.
Yes, I'm afraid this is most likely dead.Why are the leaves not growing back. Is it dead?
Norm