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Hi, I am new to the forum, I had this Chinese elm for a year now and after he dropped the leaves during summer it didn't bring them back, the leaves were curly and yellow before dropping and now the roots have this white colour on the surface. I hope it's still alive and there is a way to save it.

Regards
Kevin

I'm afraid he's dead, to be sure, scratched the bark of the tree a little in several places, if I know green, you have to wait for him to decide to leave, brown or very green pale, know dead!!!

I guess you had it indoors? Elms die indoors, they are temperate trees.

Yes I had it indoor but during the winter it was great, there were few hot weeks here in the uk and so It might have suffered the hot weather, I ll try to scratch the bark and I will post some pictures.
Thanks

Ok, let me explain what happened. Your tree is a decidious temperate species. Just like most of the broadleafed trees around you in UK. When your tree was "great" in winter. How was the trees outdoors, did they look "great"? No, they where in their natural dormant state. Leafless and waiting for spring. To go dormant is not optional, it is mandatory for survival. Just like human sleep is. If you don’t sleep you get stressed. Same goes for temperate decidious trees. If you don’t sleep for very long time you will die. The same goes for trees.

You can scrape the bark to find out if the tree is alive at this very moment. But really, it will not help you save the tree. Your tree lost its leafs in summer which is the season for growth and spring is still very far away. I highly doubt that it will make it. But take it outdoors and keep it there until spring. There is always a slim chanse of recovery. Scraping the bark will not help the tree, quite the oposite.

Thanks for your help, so should I leave it outside with his pot or should I move it to a different one or plant it in the ground? And also which spot would be better a sunny one or where the sun doesn’t get?
I know that in the end it might not make it but I want to try my best, thanks for the help

Keep it outside do not re pot. Do not put it in the ground. Just keep watered no fertiliser.

Put in partial shade for now, then in a month more sun. Water it when it starts to dry out.

If it pops leaves out in the spring leave it in full sun.

I cannot see any pictures. But the initial post suggests it is leafless. If so, there are no risk for leaf burn and you can bring it out direct into full sun. Just pay atention to watering. More sun means more evaporation.

If you can see this picture, the leaves first became yellow and curly and then dropped, as it had happened already once before summer and then he brought them back I thought it was normal, but this time he didn’t.
I hope you can see the picture.

Thanks