Just a little update:
The pic above was taken right when I got home one day from work. I had a sneaking suspicion it dried out too much due to being away most of the day. Wigerts agreed with it looking dried out. I well watered after this pic and upon their suggestion decided to do a water submersion the next day to help try and recover the roots. I decided ultimately to take it with me on vacation. That way I could at least directly oversee the care of the tree since I didn’t have anyone would could take care of it. It did okay, but definitely not great. I think it dried out too much and I’ve been just trying to play recovery. It started losing branches that turned black or brown. I’m not sure how well these guys backbud, but most of the right side is probably going to die off if they don’t back bud readily. There’s still some buds that appear to be growing and I’ve been keeping it outside in my utility room under pretty bright grow lights where I keep all my tropicals in winter. I have it in propagator to help with humidity and a heat mat underneath to keep temps up. Outside they’ve been dropping into the mid to low 40s at night and I just feel keeping a consistent temp is better for it at this point. It stays between 65 at night to 85 during the day in the propagator. I try to take it out once a day or so to either water it or let it get fresh air. If y’all have any suggestions outside what I’m doing so far to try and recover it, I’m all ears. It’s been a very unfortunate learning experience that couldn’t have happened at a worse time. I take responsibility for not watering it before leaving for work, just one of those days in a hurry and forgetting. I’ll try and get some pics later tonight when I get home.
