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In late May, I was at a local nursery looking for a tree to put in my garden. I fell in love with a 4 foot high Shigitatsu sawa that was kept in a shaded greenhouse. The spot I had in mind has morning sun, and afternoon shade (so I thought). Bought the tree, planted and all was well for a while. Turns out, my afternoon shade wasn't all afternoon, and by about 6pm, the tree was getting a couple of hours of late afternoon sun. As you can imagine, the leaves were turning yellow and brown and they were falling off.
After contacting the nursery, they indicated the afternoon sun was too much and recommended I move it to a shady area. I pulled up the newly planted maple after about 6 weeks and put it in a pot on my back porch where it gets a few hours of early morning sun, and shade the rest of the day. I used Miracle Grow potting soil (now I know better!), and kept it moderately moist.
After a couple of weeks, the leaves have gone from the beautiful bright green to a yellowish green and many leaves are curling and drying up. I cut back watering to once a week.
I hope I haven't ruined this tree! It was very expensive and I am in love with the leaves. I figure it's had several shocks:
- moving from a shade greenhouse to outdoors and real light exposure
- moving from the ground back to a pot
- the wrong soil in its pot
- maybe too much watering?
It does have some new leaf growth, and some of the inner most leaves are still the bright green I fell in love with.
Any advice? I'm afraid to do anything else to it in case I pound the final nail in its coffin!
This message was edited Jul 14, 2006 10:41 AM
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