So yesterday the apex of my elm looked normal, but I noticed the bark had changed to a darker color than the rest of the tree. This morning when I was watering I noticed that the top was pretty close to being dead. Does anyone have any thoughts? I looked for the normal pests, but did not note any signs.
As a side note and history for the tree, I carved out the dead wood from a bad nursery cut, but stopped at live wood about a month and a half ago. Im guessing this may be playing a part. Also when I got the tree back in january as something to tinker with as I got back into bonsai, I bought some of the nursery's soil, thinking ill let it stay in this for a year and replace it with mine next year. The soil was fairly heavy with organics. It drains ok, but could deffinately be faster. I bacame concerned with the soil about two to three weeks ago as I noticed that the leaves were looking a bit coppery. That for the most part has gone away.
I had plans for getting some more movement in the top, but I think those might have been changed for now.
Anyways here are some pics. Let me know your thoughts goos or bad.
As a side note and history for the tree, I carved out the dead wood from a bad nursery cut, but stopped at live wood about a month and a half ago. Im guessing this may be playing a part. Also when I got the tree back in january as something to tinker with as I got back into bonsai, I bought some of the nursery's soil, thinking ill let it stay in this for a year and replace it with mine next year. The soil was fairly heavy with organics. It drains ok, but could deffinately be faster. I bacame concerned with the soil about two to three weeks ago as I noticed that the leaves were looking a bit coppery. That for the most part has gone away.
I had plans for getting some more movement in the top, but I think those might have been changed for now.
Anyways here are some pics. Let me know your thoughts goos or bad.
