Alberello
Seedling
Been trying really hard to resist burdening folks with my FT issues. I know it's a constant with those of us with less experience and/or have FTs in unideal zones, and I know there's plenty of info online. But I can't get this tree back on track no matter what I do so I'm breaking down and appealing to the nice concentration of experts here. Had it a couple years. Was able to limp it thru last winter and most of this years' ok. But coming into the homestretch this year it's quite unhappy. Have it in the fish tank by a Southeast window with a humidifier under a T5. It keeps trying to push new growth which then immediately shrivles and dies. A month into this issue I seen no evidence of pests 'til yesterday when I noticed I white goopy spot on it which as far as I could tell didn't contain any pest...does this looks like scale? I just don't know if I should persist at what I'm doing or if I'm somehow killing it with kindness i.e. doing something I'm thinking is helping it but putting more stress on it. My thoughts: Is it possible It's getting to much heat/humidity and is wilting or cooking the growth? Could too much time under the grow light be cooking the growth? Is it possible that even with good indoor provisions it's not gonna push new growth til the weather breaks and I could get it outside? Any experts Fukien or otherwise care to weigh in.