AusBonsai

while I have been away, there have been exessively hot days, and several of my trees have gone on to become crispy critters, (Despite the watering system, which obviously did not water enough for the conditions) one of my main concerns is my serrisa. will this recover from a bad dry out like this? or has it had it? the leaves are crispy (They don't look likely to come good) the pot was dry as, and although, when I returned last night, I desperately ran around watering, I am wandering if it is too late for my poor serrissa

put in a tub with seasol / water mix, and leave for a 1/2 day to try to refresh it

Hope it comes back

Ken

I have hundreds of potplants, and live in a semi arid area. I keep a 'plunge tub' with a couple of inches of water in it, newly potted plants go there, cuttings that I have just brought home and haven't time to pot, and anything which is suffering or likely to suffer. I dont bother to add fertilizer to it, there is a layer of old potting mix and bits of fertilizer and whatever that will nourish anything sitting in it.

I have one that got dug out of its pot by my dog. It only had a 1/2 handfull of soil around the roots and the temp. was in the high 20's. I put it back into its pot and watered copiously. It survived The leaves are sparse however it is alive and well so it is worth the effort.

Hi Paddles, I have looked after a couple of Serissas for a client that were improperly watered and had dried out. Fortunately they made it! I agree with Ken's advice and would like to add that it is important to remove all of the dried leaves and not to over water during the recovery. If they do recover, it is possible that you will lose the ends of the branches.

Soil needs to be damp not too wet, mist the branches a couple of times a day and place in a semi shaded position.

Good luck, I hope the mission is successful.

Cheers
MM

What do you know, even with the neglect that my trees have had these last couple of mths (or maybe because of it) my serrisa is coming back strongly. the new growth is all coming up from the bottom half of the plant, and obviously the top has died off. should I remove the seamingly dead bits, or just wait and see a bit longer? quite frankly, I did not expect this to recoveer.

give the suspected dead bits the scratch test, if dry and crispy chop em off!


jamie

Nice to have you back Paddles. Hope you enjoyed your break Take all the dead leaves of the top and leave it for a while. If the top hasnt come back after a few weeks cut it of and start again.