Recent content by phil_sheridan

spring update Hi, I left my elm out all winter. We had a normal dry winter, I watered it a few times. It was buried in leaves at the base of a south facing retention wall. The temperatures were seasonable, many freezing nights, over night lows as low as 6 degrees F,some daytime highs in the...

Looking for dirt! Thanks for all the replies. Looked at the thread link on soil, starting to look for suppliers. Probably not going to roll-my-own this time, I just hope to salvage my one lonely tree. Phil

Hi everyone, I posted previously about my abused ulmus, the general consensus was that I needed to rest it, and winter it out of the house. Well, I left it outside this fall, and it was about the last thing outside to lose its leaves! It is out now, buried in leaves and mulch, the nights have...

Hi all, been offline a couple of days. Here is a link to a photo of my leaves, I used a U.S. penny for scale.....sorry I didn't have an imperial/metric scale handy, anyway the leaves are about 1/3 size of what it used to be. Drop box link of photo: http://db.tt/HqbNSuMF Phil

Thanks for all the input. A normal winter here will have a couple of Arctic fronts that will bring maximums under 20f, mins of -0f, occasional winters bring -10F or so. Historic records are around -20f. Most winters are very dry from November through the end of January. Normal fall will bring a...

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum, I have a ulmus that I purchased about four years ago from an online business in Florida,it's my only bonsai, I have previously killed a mallsai though. The elm his been a very forgiving tree, and I have been most happy with it. I am in zone 6, and ignorance...