Mara of dragon clan
Mame
Hello I am currently trying to assist the revival of a Serissa Feotida which I believe has undergone some severe stress due to my lack of knowledge and understanding.
At my workplace, I care for a 7 yr old serissa, which I repotted during late february as the tree was being eaten hy spider mites. Was my choice in premature potting incorrect? Probably.
But the trouble wasnt in the repotting, as it grew back quickly and even had one bloom.
Before the repot, it spent its nights in a special cubby and its days facing a south window around autumn and over winter 2019.
Although I would move it daily, it continued to grow at a steady rate until the leaves started to get eaten.
However, all this changed when the pandemic happened. This altered all sorts of conditions with proper care and watering with the serissa which certainly caused root rot. How do I know? Armed with my lack of knowledge I exposed the roots to remove the rotted ones each time.
After the first 2 times it still grew back and still had some leaves with back buds and new growth on existing branches. But on the third time it finally said no more and dropped all the leaves. At that time I also made the horrible mistake of trying to avoid accurate watering by adding more organic matter so the water would stay longer
((
I felt so conflicted with the fact that all the work would take just one day of misguided intent.
Ive kept on a strict observing schedule for it, with almost 10 days having passed after I corrected my soil mixture and.... removed even more rotted root.
The last exposure showed the bonsai had a lot of feeders but obviously no more mature roots. Much of the nebari... had large portions of it rot away.
Anyways. For whoever reads this thanks. This some serious therapy ive had in my chest.
But I am hoping that one day it will grow again
At my workplace, I care for a 7 yr old serissa, which I repotted during late february as the tree was being eaten hy spider mites. Was my choice in premature potting incorrect? Probably.
But the trouble wasnt in the repotting, as it grew back quickly and even had one bloom.
Before the repot, it spent its nights in a special cubby and its days facing a south window around autumn and over winter 2019.
Although I would move it daily, it continued to grow at a steady rate until the leaves started to get eaten.
However, all this changed when the pandemic happened. This altered all sorts of conditions with proper care and watering with the serissa which certainly caused root rot. How do I know? Armed with my lack of knowledge I exposed the roots to remove the rotted ones each time.
![Frown :( :(](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png)
After the first 2 times it still grew back and still had some leaves with back buds and new growth on existing branches. But on the third time it finally said no more and dropped all the leaves. At that time I also made the horrible mistake of trying to avoid accurate watering by adding more organic matter so the water would stay longer
![Frown :( :(](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png)
I felt so conflicted with the fact that all the work would take just one day of misguided intent.
Ive kept on a strict observing schedule for it, with almost 10 days having passed after I corrected my soil mixture and.... removed even more rotted root.
The last exposure showed the bonsai had a lot of feeders but obviously no more mature roots. Much of the nebari... had large portions of it rot away.
Anyways. For whoever reads this thanks. This some serious therapy ive had in my chest.
But I am hoping that one day it will grow again