I though of moving this tree to another location a few days ago. She has been planted there for about a month so I though it won't harm the tree. I dug her out and transplanted her but 2 days ago all her leaves turned yellow and fell from the tree. I wonder if I killed the tree. It is already about 6 feet wide and will be a shame if she dies. I'm so upset because I know I did this to her. She was turning so pretty and now I messed it up. My granma suggest me to prune it but I really need your suggestions. I dont want to prune it. She has the prettiest long branches.
Is she dying?
PLEASE HELP!
I think I killed my cassia javannica aaaaahhh!!
here is she
Some trees go deciduous when they're under stress, so it probably dropped its leaves as a response to transplant shock. Now is not the best time of year to be transplanting things, but there's definitely a chance if you water it right it'll recover and put out new leaves eventually. Since it dropped leaves on its own, there's no need to prune, the reason why you typically prune is to cut back on the amount of leafy top growth that the roots need to support, but since the tree got rid of the leaves on its own, there's no need for you to do anything.
Water it with some superthrive. It works great!
You can get it walmart, lowes, and I am sure other places too.
I will go to walmart right now!!!
You know , today I checked her up and she already has tiny new growing leaves. Good sign she is alive.
If the leaves still keep dropping, on my opinion, you should remove the partially damaged ones that are still on the tree to reduce further water loss.
From the pic, she should be OK. No need to cut down and Do NOT fertilize the tree at this stage. Good Luck.
Really? The branch tips are turning yellow . Should I be concerned?
You picked a bad time of year to transplant, it's very normal that the plant will show signs of stress. The most important thing is to make sure you're giving it enough water but not too much. Don't just look at the soil surface, stick your finger down a couple inches and see how it feels, if it's dry give the plant a good bit of water, but if it feels wet then hold off. And if you can rig up some shade to protect it from the sun that'll be helpful too. Definitely don't fertilize, it is not good to fertilize plants when they're under stress. The root booster/Superthrive is not a fertilizer so it's fine to use.
Is that a garden bed that it's planted in? It's possible that there's a drainage issue.? what is the ground cover surrounding it? If it is in the yard, or surrounded by grass I would recommend elevating the plant by building up the soil so that it's elevated above the terrain, which will promote drainage. You can build a nice rock border around it to contain the built up soil. I'm not sure where your at, but you might have clay soil. It certainly is a factor here for me, and plays havoc with drainage. Check to see if the area it's planted in receives or collects water, remains "wet" longer than other areas.
Agree on removing dammaged part. It will recover provided that the drainage is enough for the plant. This time of year, I tend to soak the plant thinking it will be too hot. Ironically I just put a clerodendrum in a pot with mulchy soil that didn't drain well thinking it wasn't getting enough water. In fact it was the opposite, wasn't draining well enough, so had to re-locate it ot a dry section of the flower bed. It was very wilty, so I'll be curious to see if it is recovering this evening when I get home.... If I am going to be re-locating plants this time of year, I do it at night, or early morning and prepare a well drained soil medium, topped by pine mulch. So picky sometimes..Sometimes if the plant is in full sun, I will put an umbrella over it which seems to help recovery. Once you have implemented the plan to fix the problem, the hardest part will be to just let the plant begin it's recovery, which is sometimes slow. I usually have to put the plant out of my eyesight so I won't "love my plant to death". 99.9 percent of the time the plant recovers on it's own as long as I'm not fussing and trying too many remedies. Even knowing this, I still sucumb to the urge to "help" it's recovery which I'm afraid falls in a much lower percentile for recovery!!
Good luck !
Rj