Wisteria progress

[Sahara]

ok so medusa has taken a turn for the worse this year..im not sure what happened or why as she has had the same treatment as when i got her but she seems to of had alot of branches die off and only one main on left, my poartner for sme reason thought it would be good to cut off the dead branches so she now looks awful to me , i need some advice and help im really not sure what to do and she looks hell out of proportion. pretty embarrssed

[bodhidharma]

Wisteria like to grow on the tips. I would first check all the branches to see if they are alive by scratching the cambium. Because they have no growth does not mean they are dead. Cut away any that are dead and shorten the live ones drastically. Repot it now and have a good aftercare system for it. It should bounce back.

[Sahara]

i have scratches all the branches theoly one that is alive is the one you se with growth the ones surrouding her that have been cut short are dead.. should i cut them further down or leave them?? and should i repot her to a smaller pot.. iwasnt sure about repotting her since she has growth on her at the minute..

[bodhidharma]

Unusual for a Wisteria to die back Not enough care water and food wise maybe Cut all the dead branches to the trunk and reduce the live branch down to the first clump of foliage. Better to repot into a larger pot for a while to get health back. Check through the roots and see if you have any nasty things in there. I would bare root it to. You will hopefully get some shoots off the trunk and it will be a good time to reduce the trees legginess.

[Sahara]

may of found the answer why not sure yet,but i have a matching pot i just picked up and top part cracked and came off, it is bound with wire thru the concrete of te pot and rusted so im wondering if it has effected the plant. anyway will let you know on further finding..

[Sahara]

im going to take a picture of the root base.. a few of the base roots the larger ones had gone rotten but she has alot of small large clumps of live roots one i cant get to yet it quite deep.. but havent found any baddies in there yet.. i checked another plant that had the side die off but one side is ok and that had some wood lice in it so not sure if she has the same but nothing i could see yet..will check better tomoro just curious for a bigger pot should i also get deep or is doesnt matter to much..