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Pup wrote:

Ray M wrote:Hi all,
I had a interesting experience last year. I was going off on holidays and my neighbor waters for me when I'm away. Apparently there were some extremely hot days and the trees suffered somewhat concerning watering. When I came home my Chinese Elms had lost their leaves. At first I wasn't sure if they would pull through. I gave them some Seasol and yes, they pulled through beautifully. The side benefit was smaller leaves. The trees actually looked very good. I don't recommend defoliating that way, but it certainly made the trees look very nice.

Regards Ray

Glad to hear that Ray I have one sitting next to a Japanese Maple that has no leaf burn, yet all the leaves of the elm have gone the cambium layer is still green so I am hoping. We have had 3 months now of temps above 30 and no rain. So seasol has been the order of the day.
Cheers Pup

Ray M wrote:

Pup wrote:

Ray M wrote:Hi all,
I had a interesting experience last year. I was going off on holidays and my neighbor waters for me when I'm away. Apparently there were some extremely hot days and the trees suffered somewhat concerning watering. When I came home my Chinese Elms had lost their leaves. At first I wasn't sure if they would pull through. I gave them some Seasol and yes, they pulled through beautifully. The side benefit was smaller leaves. The trees actually looked very good. I don't recommend defoliating that way, but it certainly made the trees look very nice.

Regards Ray

Glad to hear that Ray I have one sitting next to a Japanese Maple that has no leaf burn, yet all the leaves of the elm have gone the cambium layer is still green so I am hoping. We have had 3 months now of temps above 30 and no rain. So seasol has been the order of the day.
Cheers Pup

Hi Pup,
That is hard going mate. We have just had some reasonable rain and of course the trees just thrive on it. Do you have any watering restrictions or are you able to water when you want to? Hope you get a break soon and get some rain.
Fortunately we are allowed to water with the hose there are some restrictions with sprinklers which means more hand watering, we go out less when it is windy as well as hot. Have lost a couple of trees but most are OK.
Cheers Pup

Regards Ray