Yellow fuzz on trunk of Chinese Elm
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I have had this Chinese Elm for 1.5 years. Most of the time it lives outside. I am in Florida, December and January it gets periods of hard frost so I brought it in. It did get too dry at one point, but seemed to forgive that. Then the leaves started dropping off. I thought it might be the norm so I watched the soul, watered it when it needed it. Buds appeared, little leaves and they opened. Then- en masse they shriveled and died. This happened a couple of times! I was frantic. Then my grandkids said there were bugs on it!!!! Then we saw the spider like web so I thought I had spider mites. I tried diatomaceous earth in water sprayed on it... and ordered spider mite predators. I have new leaves close to the trunk and new branches but it appears the older branches did not survive. I have yellow fuzz on the main trunk. I don’t know what it is and am desperately trying to save my tree. It was a gift from my son, so I’m sentimental about it. I’ll try to post pictures. Thank you all in advance for any help you can offer.
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Replied by sfthsmile on topic Yellow fuzz on trunk of Chinese Elm
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I did go through the process to attach pictures but I don’t see them. I apologize. I’ll try again.
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I am not certain about Florida climate. But have a feeling that what you call hard frost is no problem for the tree. At least not in comparison to dry inside air. My tree went down to -14c for several night in a row and not above 0 for 6 weeks in a row. Inside a greenhouse in Sweden with shade cloth.
If you make it survive this summer, do consider leaving it outside in the comming winter, so much better for the health of the tree.
If you make it survive this summer, do consider leaving it outside in the comming winter, so much better for the health of the tree.
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