bonsaidude
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Chinese Elm new growth + trunk

Trunk
https://yfrog.com/jkpicture012ij Base
https://yfrog.com/jkpicture013qj Mid
https://yfrog.com/9hpicture014lfj Top

Growth
https://yfrog.com/0glatejan2010j
https://yfrog.com/jvpicture002dj
https://yfrog.com/jupicture006bj
https://yfrog.com/jupicture005oj
https://yfrog.com/jklotsofgrowthj

Let me know what you think, deff seems like a happy guy.

bonsaidude
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https://yfrog.com/jupicture006bj in that picture the nice matured leaves that have the brown missing to them I obv got the plant like that but is that from bugs eating it before ? what can I do with them, figure let them stay and have tree soak the nutrients out of em is that how it works ? and also not to alarmed but maybe, I was checkin his soil today to see how moist he was and noticed somthin movin it was very tiny what looked like a fly or somthin I looked around not to much but diddnt see anymore from what I can tell any input ?

Rosaelyn
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Well, I cannot see the soil, but my guess would be if you are seeing small, gnat-like flies, it is probably because of a large amount of organic content to the soil your tree is in. An organic pesticide would work, but I would still suggest repotting into a very low amount of organic medium (heavy on Turface, Akadama or some similar material).

As for those brown spots on the leaves, I am not sure. It looks as though something caustic may have come in contact with the leaves and burnt them.

Victrinia Ridgeway
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It looks like insect damage... but I would not repot for that... I would treat the tree with insecticide (please follow all precautions listed on whatever product you use)... and wait for the repot until there is warmer weather. While one can certainly repot, there is no urgency for it... and trees just fair better in warmer weather.

Also be sure you aren't overwatering... soggy soil is a happy breeding ground for many pests.

Kindest regards,

Victrinia

bonsaidude
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Now that you say that and I looked closer it looks kinda of somthin like that, as if somthin dripped on him or somthing. Should I leave them or take them off I mean the leaves look great green and everything how idk I thought if somthin like that happend the leaf would die ( I'm the kind of the person if u touch the tree I feel like hell shrivel up and die ) lol obv not the case cuase I see people beatin these things up and they grow back amazing how it works. Sorry got side tracked but what kind of method to you use to take 1 leaf off. I kinda want to just prune back the shoot cuase most of em on that one have those markings ( about 9 leaves on the shoot and last 6 have that and there seems to be 2 new buds towards the start of shoot good sign I'm guesin) just I know you guys don't like to tell much to do with ones tree but I'm courios on what someone else would do always helps me more. heres a pic of the shoot .


https://yfrog.com/5ynew10dj
https://yfrog.com/6znew11j

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bonsaidude,

Regardless of what caused the damage, the leaves still seem to be doing their job, photosynthesizing. But if it really bothers you that much, yes you can trim that shoot back to just a few leaves, it is done all the time with Elms.

Since the leaves of this species are arranged in an opposite fashion you can choose which direction the new growth will take depending upon where you prune the shoot. A new bud/s will emerge at the location of each leaf and will grow in that direction.

Norm



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