It’s only a couple months old. It’s being grown under grow lights because it is now fall and it would not grow well outside. It was doing absolutely fantastic and then one day it started rolling its leaves downward. I am really afraid to overwater because I don’t want to cause root rot, but I don’t know if it’s overwatered or underwater because everything I look at on the Internet is telling me the signs for both are similar.
I am pretty new to growing plants of any kind, but I really wanted to grow a beautiful tree with my kids and plant it in our yard when we get a house in the future. I would feel awful for so many reasons if I kill this little tree. Can somebody please help me understand how to help it and what to look for the future with watering needs?
Looking good as everyone’s saying!
I had difficulty with over/underwatering until I got one of those analogue moisture meters. They’re reasonably priced and can tell you exactly how much water is in any spot in your soil. I recommend hitting up your local gardening store and asking them about it
I learned one of my pots was pooling water at the bottom and rotting the ends of the roots when the top layer was dry and I had another pot where the water was just running around the edges of my pot and draining out the bottom without saturating the soil at all.
Really easy things to fix once you know what’s happening.
You should keep it in a dry place when not in use. My first one corroded and broke because I just left it in the dirt.