I took them home which meant they were transported outside in 10 degrees C for about one hour.
Once home I soaked the pots overnight. The next day I repotted them in 100% scoria/lava rock (only substrate I had at hand).
The not-chinese-elm is an airlayering and had healthy but not a lot of roots.
The chinese elm had snaking/tangled bigger roots + plenty of fine feeder roots.
I gave them both a light root-trim.
So they both had OK root systems imho but they have now lost all leaves/most leaves. IF they survive I consider them raw-material to work with since I have no desire for S-shaped trees, so LOTS of structural work..
Took some root cuttings off of the chinese elm this time
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
![Crying or Very Sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
Questions:
Thoughts on survival, and how to improve their chances? It's late autumn here and daylight is getting scarce.
Any thoughts or experience with 100% scoria? Water more or less often compared to pumice?
What exactly is the non-chinese-elm, a Carmona? (Sorry for bad pics of leaves.)