Dry brown leaves
- Franticfox1
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Hi....our daughter bought us a Chinese Elm for Christmas which is doing great, so my husband(a complete novice) went out and purchased a 15yr old Azalea. It is wired and he was told they could come off next March. He repotted it in Kanuma and sphagnum moss(after watching numerous posts on Youtube) and it appeared to be doing quite well. Over the last few weeks though it has started to get brown and black leaves in the older growth which he pinches out. There is plenty of new growth(pale leaves), so is he panicking for no reason that he's doing something wrong. He feeds it once a week and waters when needed. Living in the UK our weather is rather up & down, so he's been putting it outside on sunny days but it comes in at night. Any advice would be gratefully accepted by a very patient wife.
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First advice: do not bring plants inside and out again, they really dislike being moved, and really really dislike ( as in they die) being inside. " funny mode on" : around here trees don't go inside when weather is just so and so "funny mode off". No , but really, UK has a mild climate,there is no reason whatsoever to bring a tree inside for whatever weather it is now.
I cant say much more really without a picture.
I cant say much more really without a picture.
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Leave it outside. Azaleas grow just fine outside all year long and they appreciate the night life.
Look at the wires and see when the tree starts to grow into the wire. This will probably take a couple of months, not nine months until March. Look at the wire wrapped around the trunk because the trunk probably grows faster than the branch. You will either have to be very, very careful unwrapping the wire or you should get a special pair of wire cutters for bonsai. Most of us thought we could unwrap successfully and discovered we can't.
Water it when the soil gets dry. That will probably be every other day, or every day, depending on sunlight, rain, etc.
Look at the wires and see when the tree starts to grow into the wire. This will probably take a couple of months, not nine months until March. Look at the wire wrapped around the trunk because the trunk probably grows faster than the branch. You will either have to be very, very careful unwrapping the wire or you should get a special pair of wire cutters for bonsai. Most of us thought we could unwrap successfully and discovered we can't.
Water it when the soil gets dry. That will probably be every other day, or every day, depending on sunlight, rain, etc.
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