Kernhills
New Member
First off thank you all for my help. I am in the process of trying to find a local arborist as well to come take a first hand look at these two trees, but figured I would reach out to the group as well. I recently planted two multi-trunk 4' Arbutus Marina Strawberry trees, each on a seperate side of my front yard as a large landscaping project. The trees arrived from a wholesale nursery in 22" boxes and looked to be in good health. I dug a large hole for each tree, at least 1 1/2 times the size of the box. Within a week of planting, the leaves on both of the trees had dried up almost entirely and turned brown. We had a serious heat spell around this time as well, but the trees were well watered. I was looking for some new growth to possibly sprout somewhere on the trees after a few weeks, but still yet to see anything. The climate where we are at is supposed to be suitable as well, and the soil is sandy. I tried a few gallons of mixed superthrive/water last week to see if I could give them a boost, but still no changes. I scraped back some bark on a few of the branches and found that it is still green and moist, but the dead leaves continue to cling to all the branches (some areas more green than others). I am including a few pics of the trees for you all to take a look at. At $250 a piece, I'm hoping they didn't croak... I've seen a few fruit trees I've planted turn brown the first few weeks in the ground, but normally some new growth pops up when they recover. I've been watering it manually every three days or so to try and avoid too much water.... Maybe that can be adjusted as well. Any ideas on whether they are living or what I can do to improve their condition? Thanks again!!!!!!!!