HELP!!!! Emergency

[jordystokes]

So I have been gone from my apartment all day. I get back 10mins ago only to find that someone/something has knocked over my Japanese maple. I reported about 3-4 weeks ago. Half of the soil has been knocked out and the roots have shifted significantly.

What do I do?!?!?!?

 

[bonsaichile]

Repot immediately. Same thing happened to one of my elms last year, in the middle of the summer. I repotted it, took care of protecting it from the sun and water it religiously, and it survived. It dropped all of its leaves, but grew new ones after a couple weeks. JM are tough, just make sure to put those roots into some soil ASAP

 

[jordystokes]

That's exactly what I did and will do. I hope it makes it.

 

[miker]

Good luck, I hope it pulls through without defoliating or showing other major signs of stress!

Same thing happened to my little Procumbens juniper today and I just repotted it with the existing soil as best I could. Truth is, due to this tree's small size, the same thing has happened countless times and it has never missed a beat. I would not count on a JM being so forgiving though.

 

[sorce]

Looks of wind!

Top heavy no?

It should be fine....

But it CAN'T happen again!

Sorce

 

[just.wing.it]

Looks of wind!

Top heavy no?

It should be fine....

But it CAN'T happen again!

Sorce

I agree...
Put some rocks in to weigh it down too...

 

[jordystokes]

Looks of wind!

Top heavy no?

I wish it was the wind @sorce but the clues tell me animals or foul play... Couple of reasons why I say that. 1) It wasn't windy yesterday. (But I guess a gust could have come up.) 2) the pot was tied down to another pot which was set on top of the big rock in the picture. The rock was forced inside he bottom pot and acted as its anchor. 3) this tree made it through two tornado producing storms last week and didn't budge.

I put the soil back in and put the pot on the ground. Thank you everyone for the advice!!!

 

[Cadillactaste]

It being attached to another pot is what gives the impression of top heavy. It's not standard protocol to do such. Pots blow over...and with it wired to another makes it even more susceptible. That lower pot won't Balance the pot from tipping over. Wired to something more stable would. Like a bench...but not anecessarily object such as your anchor pot below it.

Wish you luck...cross winds even mild ones can take down pots especially low to the ground at times.

 

[aml1014]

Had this happen tons of times to me with the awful winds we get in spring, now I always make sure to wire every tree into their container very good so even if they blow over I just need to add fresh soil.

Aaron

 

[jordystokes]

@aml1014 how many have you had die after such an event? Any special care afterwards? I'm pretty much treating it like it's a fresh repot.

 

[Dav4]

@aml1014 how many have you had die after such an event? Any special care afterwards? I'm pretty much treating it like it's a fresh repot.

If the leaves hadn't wilted by the time you found the tree, it'll be fine.

 

[jordystokes]

No wilting leaves luckily. It looked as though it didn't happen to long before I had arrived home.