Just re reading your post about the pot/roots etc Glen. It's certainly worth a look to see what the drainage is like, as often that can cause a lot of problems - not just for a Gingko. As you've only had it since March, it seems unlikely that it would be suffering that much though, but it also depends what growing medium you have. Is it just in compost for instance? Were the roots teased out when you planted, or was it a bit pot bound?
Just trying to think of any other obvious reason for the problem, but if none of those things apply, I'd certainly be concerned, and seek the right sort of advice that's been offered. If the roots smelt bad when you got it - that dosn't great.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I confess to not teasing the roots as much as normal. That was partly because I had not expected them to stink as they did, and partly because I thought it might not matter as I intend for all these trees to become dwarfed in pots outside my windows.
For comparison, I received a Cedar deodara so pot bound that the misshapen plastic needed to be cut away from the root ball with a stanley knife. That root ball was then exactly the shape of a misshapen pot. I found it impossible to tees the thick knotted roots, and they sounded like a wooden drum when hit. That C. deodara is now in a growth spurt.
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Sorry Glen - we're very naughty just now
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
As you've only had it since March, it seems unlikely that it would be suffering that much though, but it also depends what growing medium you have. Is it just in compost for instance? Were the roots teased out when you planted, or was it a bit pot bound?
Just trying to think of any other obvious reason for the problem, but if none of those things apply, I'd certainly be concerned, and seek the right sort of advice that's been offered. If the roots smelt bad when you got it - that dosn't great.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I confess to not teasing the roots as much as normal. That was partly because I had not expected them to stink as they did, and partly because I thought it might not matter as I intend for all these trees to become dwarfed in pots outside my windows.
For comparison, I received a Cedar deodara so pot bound that the misshapen plastic needed to be cut away from the root ball with a stanley knife. That root ball was then exactly the shape of a misshapen pot. I found it impossible to tees the thick knotted roots, and they sounded like a wooden drum when hit. That C. deodara is now in a growth spurt.