It’s great to see your White Sapote recover so well, Brett .. I totally get how disappointed you must have felt to see it defoliate after an up-pot. Fortunately, these are amazing plants with an incredible ability to bounce back. All those new shoots your plant is pushing is very encouraging.
@lyonheart84
3 ай бұрын
Yes I’m around 3 or 4 weeks it should be looking great again thankfully. I was amazed how quickly it went downhill and how quickly it’s coming back, bizarre
@joestropicals6760
3 ай бұрын
So glad to see that your White Sapote is making a comeback after transplant shock. They seem to be pretty resilient trees.
@lyonheart84
3 ай бұрын
Thanks Joe I’m very grateful as I was very worried to have an evergreen tropical drop every leaf in summer, in winter it’s half expected lol
@PeterEntwistle
3 ай бұрын
Oh wow, sorry to see it like that, Brett. I know you mentioned it, but I didn't realise how bad it was 😱. It is very encouraging to see all those new shoots starting to push though! I've also had a bit of a disaster with one of my seedling white sapotes, either a slug or a snail has eaten it alive in the greenhouse 🙄. It's now just a tiny thin stick with no leaves or terminal bud. I hope it will be able to push out from one of the nodes 🤞
@MoebiusUK
3 ай бұрын
Gastropods love. White Sapote leaves. I’ve brought my seedlings indoor to recover after those little blighters stripped them naked. I think the only way to protect them is to keep them high up , off the ground so they’re unable to reach them.
@lyonheart84
3 ай бұрын
Lol yes I wasn’t exaggerating when I said it had gone hideously downhill within a week of repotting. I was flabbergasted as every leaf turned yellow and fell off 😂. But I’m also just as amazed as it’s sending new shoots out all over the place. I think my little seedlings are still alive in the summerhouse although one of them has wilted, I assume a root issue
@lyonheart84
3 ай бұрын
@MoebiusUK lol yes they do love the young leaves on the seedlings but I’ve also seen them munch on the bark 🙄
@PeterEntwistle
3 ай бұрын
@@MoebiusUK Yeah, it was on the ground, but I've moved it onto a shelf (still in the greenhouse). Luckily the 2 larger ones still look ok and I have a few more starting to germinate indoors. I also threw a load of slug pellets in the greenhouse for good measure lol 😂
@ganjagridplantvibrationtra72
3 ай бұрын
Vibration can help bokster stress respones including from transplant.
@lyonheart84
3 ай бұрын
Thanks, very interesting
@TropicalGardeningCyprus
3 ай бұрын
Something different in the new potting mix?
@lyonheart84
3 ай бұрын
@@TropicalGardeningCyprus don’t think so as I didn’t even break up the old root ball, I simply moved it to the new pot with extra compost. I’m thinking maybe the heavy watering I gave it then we had a long cold spell so it was just shock ?
@TropicalGardeningCyprus
3 ай бұрын
@@lyonheart84 it could be. I've seen many strange things happen when changing pots or just even moving pots. But I didn't expect white sapote to be so sensitive about it.
@lyonheart84
3 ай бұрын
@TropicalGardeningCyprus I can’t even remember what the original mix was exactly or what the new one was 😂. I’m sure it was the cold weather, didn’t go above 18c for the first 3 weeks of June ! It’s only 18c today, that’s around 5c below the daily average for July 🙄
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