Sad Tulip Tree

[BonsaiWilderness]

I recently planted a tulip tree sapling and it was doing great for about a week then it just started looking realy sad and unhealthy the leafs are just drooping and drying up. Is it ok?

 

[MrFancyPlants]

Do you have drainage holes drilled in your box? If so, it might have been the wrong season to collect or transplant. Usually, spring for the deciduous is safer.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Keep it in light but no direct sun. Those leaves will not reduce to anything bonsai-like. As long as you're collecting weeds, look for Elm, Haw, Oaks and Hop Hornbeam

 

[BonsaiWilderness]

Do you have drainage holes drilled in your box? If so, it might have been the wrong season to collect or transplant. Usually, spring for the deciduous is safer.

Yes it has dranige holes

 

[penumbra]

Did you collect it for its potentiality as a bonsai?
It has none.

 

[BonsaiWilderness]

Did you collect it for its potentiality as a bonsai?
It has none.

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[penumbra]

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Did you collect it for its potentiality as a bonsai?
It has no bonsai potential unless you make a huge un-bonsai like bonsai. Leaves are huge and internodes are far apart.
When you collect a tree for a bonsai future, check to see what trees others collect. Did you see a picture of a Liriodendron tulipifera aka Tulip Polar? I'd warrant you didn't.
Where are you located? Mid Atlantic? There are probably a lot of trees native in your area that are suitable. Other members and myself could help steer you toward appropriate choices for bonsai.

 

[BonsaiWilderness]

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Did you collect it for its potentiality as a bonsai?
It has no bonsai potential unless you make a huge un-bonsai like bonsai. Leaves are huge and internodes are far apart.
When you collect a tree for a bonsai future, check to see what trees others collect. Did you see a picture of a Liriodendron tulipifera aka Tulip Polar? I'd warrant you didn't.
Where are you located? Mid Atlantic? There are probably a lot of trees native in your area that are suitable. Other members and myself could help steer you toward appropriate choices for bonsai.

North Carolina
I know it has no bonsai potential it had been mowed over many times and it fused with two other trees so before it was mowed over again I dug it up and put it with my other bonsais.

 

[MrFancyPlants]

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North Carolina
I know it has no bonsai potential it had been mowed over many times and it fused with two other trees so before it was mowed over again I dug it up and put it with my other bonsais.

Hey, I’m hoping it pulls through; but next time wait until spring for higher probability of survival. I think it could be nice in a larger pot on the patio.. like and outdoor house plant.
This is “tulip poplar”, right? I like tulip poplar for firewood because it dries out quickly and even a big log lites up like kindling in the morning.. no huffing and puffing required around coffee time to get the wood stove hot.

 

[penumbra]

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North Carolina
I know it has no bonsai potential it had been mowed over many times and it fused with two other trees so before it was mowed over again I dug it up and put it with my other bonsais.

I assumed it was about bonsai. So I guess you are going to plant it?

 

[BonsaiWilderness]

I assumed it was about bonsai. So I guess you are going to plant it?

Yes it is planted and has been for the past 2 weeks and it is doing better, I know it is an un bonsai like bonsai I like it I guess!

 

[BonsaiWilderness]

Keep it in light but no direct sun. Those leaves will not reduce to anything bonsai-like. As long as you're collecting weeds, look for Elm, Haw, Oaks and Hop Hornbeam

I have some feild elm saplings

 

[shinmai]

Yes it is planted and has been for the past 2 weeks and it is doing better, I know it is an un bonsai like bonsai I like it I guess!

Good for you. I have several trees in my collection that I refer to as ‘non-sai.’ They will never play by bonsai rules, but they please me nevertheless. Pearl bush, dwarf smoke bush, Korean spice bush, etc. my friend refers to that part of the group as the bonsai island of Dr. Moreau.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Ignore naysayers. Most any tree with large leaves can be reduced and used as larger tree. Unique leaves/flowers make this interesting tree. Horse Chestnut is also used by some as well as other large or compound leaved trees.
Personal suspicion is that your tree was replanted at wrong time and is struggling.

 

[Potawatomi13]

They will never play by bonsai rules

Nor should we in large part.

 

[penumbra]

Yes it is planted and has been for the past 2 weeks and it is doing better, I know it is an un bonsai like bonsai I like it I guess!

No argument from me. I have a lot of trees in pots just because I like them. I have no illusions that they will ever be bonsai but they still please me.