It'll take a year or so to establish properly, but that also depends on the size, it's location [ and yours] plus the conditions it's in. It's vital to keep them well watered if you don't have persistent, regular rainfall, and the right soil, especially heading through summer. The white powder isn't necessarily a problem either. Some of the varieties do have little white markings as the branches develop.
A photo always helps too
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you for coming back to me so quickly. We got the tree in March in a 12 ltr pot, it's 2 yrs old and is about 6ft tall. We have quite heavy, clay soil so we used a lot of compost and some bone meal in the hole. It gets the sun from mid-morning through to late afternoon. It's been doing great, lots of new growth, only this week has started to look sad. I can't seem to upload photos.
Worked out how to photos up! Earlier today I pushed a bamboo stick into the ground around the tree and it came up damp so water is definitely getting to the roots. Maybe the poor tree, like me, doesn't like it too hot.
How much water is it getting? I would give it 4 buckets full of water now. Then 2 buckets full three times a week throughout the summer. start again at the beginning of next March. Pour the water gently over the root area so that it soaks in deep and doesn’t run off.
💡 Is there a membrane under the chippings?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you, I'll do that. No membrane near the tree so I know the water is going down. It's had 2 buckets today so off to do the other two now. Fingers crossed it can be saved, it's such a lovely tree.
Did you just add some compost to the heavy clay? That could be a problem then. Heavy clay needs amending really well before planting anything, because it affects the drainage, and just adding a bit of compost won't really do the job. Rowans love loads of water, but they won't be happy if the excess doesn't drain away well. I think the bigger problem is that you've planted a fairly mature specimen in a sunny site. If it was a couple of years old and filling a 12 litre pot, that's going to be much harder to establish if it's in a lot of sun, which it is. They can cope with sun, once they're well established, and their feet are right. You'll need to keep adding organic matter around it regularly [rotted manure, compost, leaf mould, composted bark etc] to help improve the soil structure, but at the moment, it's stressed with the heat so just be careful with the amount of water too if it's not draining well. It's not the ideal circumstances/timing for planting trees -autumn through to early spring is always best, unless you're in a much cooler damper part of the country
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you for coming back to me. We dug out quite a big area around the area of planting and went down quite deep with compost in the hope of giving the young roots a good start before we planted just at the beginning of April, we had heavy frost and snow right through March so delayed putting in the ground til we thought (hoped!) the worst of the weather had passed. Think I'll get the old sun brolly out of the shed tomorrow and give it a bit of shade to see it that helps recovery. I'll be off to get some good organic matter tomorrow in the hope of helping recovery. It's been doing so well and I'll be so sad if we lose it now. 😞
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The white powder isn't necessarily a problem either. Some of the varieties do have little white markings as the branches develop.
A photo always helps too
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
three times a week throughout the summer. start again at the beginning of next March. Pour the water gently over the root area so that it soaks in deep and doesn’t run off.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think the bigger problem is that you've planted a fairly mature specimen in a sunny site. If it was a couple of years old and filling a 12 litre pot, that's going to be much harder to establish if it's in a lot of sun, which it is. They can cope with sun, once they're well established, and their feet are right.
You'll need to keep adding organic matter around it regularly [rotted manure, compost, leaf mould, composted bark etc] to help improve the soil structure, but at the moment, it's stressed with the heat so just be careful with the amount of water too if it's not draining well.
It's not the ideal circumstances/timing for planting trees -autumn through to early spring is always best, unless you're in a much cooler damper part of the country
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...