Hope you manage to restore your tree to good health. Do you know what the white pebbles are? If they're limestone, they can slowly dissolve and make the compost very alkaline. If they're not limestone, then they're fine
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Definitely too dry there for the reasons given. I'd lose that gravel too, if it's a limestone one. Better to use bark to maintain moisture, or just a pea gravel or something similar. It's unlikely to green up again though. Once they start fading, it's usually too late to get them back. You can try immersing the pot in water, or putting a container underneath, then watering, and let it soak up the water until it's completely hydrated again.
Hi @Fairygirl, erm… how long would you leave it in the 🛁 😃
Just until it's rehydrated. It should be fine by about now. Take a look and see if it's thoroughly dampened. Then keep it in a better site for now and see if it recovers a bit. Stay on top of the watering too, even if there's some rain, as it may not penetrate properly. It's something that you can only learn by experience though, so keep checking it's ok over the next few months so that it doesn't get dehydrated again. The gravel should be fine though as it isn't limestone.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I will just mention that black pots/containers absorb the heat more than other colours and get much too hot in the sun ... a bit like black labradors so putting it in the sun could have overheated the roots too ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Do you know what the white pebbles are?
If they're limestone, they can slowly dissolve and make the compost very alkaline.
If they're not limestone, then they're fine
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
🏖😎
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
totally irresponsible parent haha.
the stone are a white marble, polar white….
Then keep it in a better site for now and see if it recovers a bit. Stay on top of the watering too, even if there's some rain, as it may not penetrate properly. It's something that you can only learn by experience though, so keep checking it's ok over the next few months so that it doesn't get dehydrated again.
The gravel should be fine though as it isn't limestone.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.