Help! My one-year-old flame tree is drying!
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Posted 3 months 3 weeks ago #84217
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I planted my flame tree from seed last year (2023) in June, it has been growing well. But starting roughly 4-5 days ago, the leaves started to dry out, and the branches start to turn brown. I have been watering it with similar frequency compared to before, I don't recall having let the soil completely dry out recently. I also mostly left it on the balcony which is south-east facing. There has been some strong wind in Toronto recently, not sure if it has done some damages to the bonsai. I repotted the bonsai earlier roughly half a year ago to a bigger pot using succulent soil, maybe the soil is the problem but it had been growing very well after the repotting. I relly don't know what went wrong. How can I revive the flame tree? Should I change the soil now?
Thanks a lot in advance! Any comments are greatly appreciated!
I planted my flame tree from seed last year (2023) in June, it has been growing well. But starting roughly 4-5 days ago, the leaves started to dry out, and the branches start to turn brown. I have been watering it with similar frequency compared to before, I don't recall having let the soil completely dry out recently. I also mostly left it on the balcony which is south-east facing. There has been some strong wind in Toronto recently, not sure if it has done some damages to the bonsai. I repotted the bonsai earlier roughly half a year ago to a bigger pot using succulent soil, maybe the soil is the problem but it had been growing very well after the repotting. I relly don't know what went wrong. How can I revive the flame tree? Should I change the soil now?
Thanks a lot in advance! Any comments are greatly appreciated!
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Posted 3 months 3 weeks ago #84220
As the tree grows, the need for water increase. You may need to increase watering?
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Posted 3 months 3 weeks ago #84222
Maybe I should...But now it seems likrethe plant is not absorbing the water, the soil has been damp since I watered it three days ago
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Posted 3 months 3 weeks ago #84225
Flame trees are deciduous, isn't that the case?
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Posted 3 months 3 weeks ago #84228
Indeed the flamenco tree (Brachychiton acerifolius) is decidious. But I do not know any place in the world where it would shed this time of the year. In the southern hemisphere they are waking up now and in the nortern hemisphere it is still to early, even up to nortern Sweden. Maybe somewhere in Alaska or kamtjaka they would shed now?
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Posted 3 months 3 weeks ago #84229
I live in Toronto, Canada, sometimes it can be quite windy but it's still not too cold yet. I am a newbie but it looks like it is dying, like the branches dried up one by one. How do we tell whether the trees are dying or just shredding? I don't know if my pictures are posted in my original posts, I am gonna post it again here.
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Posted 3 months 3 weeks ago #84230
I think my flame tree is Royal Poinciana, is it deciduous?
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Posted 3 months 3 weeks ago #84232
Royal Poinciana is delonix regia. Try to Google if it is decidious or not.
For tropical trees indoors, low humidity is most often the reason for ill health.
For tropical trees indoors, low humidity is most often the reason for ill health.
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