Plz I need some help with my lapin cherry tree (sapling)

[alyoop25]

7.5 is just a little alkaline and nothing to worry about. The Dr Earth fruit tree fertilizer is a good fertilizer but when an organic fertilizer is specialized for a specific plant it is a marketing gimmick. You really don't need to spend the extra money. Their basic organic vegetable fertilizer will work just a good. And spinosad soap is a great product, in fact, it is better IMO than the regular spinosad. Just don't buy the premixed stuff. Get the concentrate if you can.

Ok thanks so much, youve been a great help

 

[alyoop25]

So something has done even more damage, last week i saw that something ate most of the leaves off of it...i hope it will live without any leaves...is there anything i can do for it?

Im so angry!

 

[alyoop25]

So something has done even more damage, last week i saw that something ate most of the leaves off of it...i hope it will live without any leaves...is there anything i can do for it? View attachment 82778View attachment 82779
Im so angry!

This was after spraying with the spinosad

 

[Mr_Yan]

Gypsy moths down there? Locust swarm? Something with a huge appitie and tiny mouths did a real number on that tree.

 

[alyoop25]

I think japanese beetles at first not sure what hit it next or if they just finished it off. The picture of the one leaf has some droppings so i think some kind of catapiller.... Im just wondering what i can do to help it..im scared to fertalize it again, i dont want to over fertalize but its so young

 

[Tetters]

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is nothing. This tree seems to be the only thing you have tried to grow, and all your attention is on this one plant. If I were you I would let this get on with it now, and allow nature to take it's course. Your tree will eventually grow more leaves I daresay and fix itself without any more attention.

Why not create a garden bed, and grow something else instead? Maybe some nice architectural grasses to start off.
There is no point dwelling on what has already happened. Keep busy

 

[alyoop25]

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is nothing. This tree seems to be the only thing you have tried to grow, and all your attention is on this one plant. If I were you I would let this get on with it now, and allow nature to take it's course. Your tree will eventually grow more leaves I daresay and fix itself without any more attention.

Why not create a garden bed, and grow something else instead? Maybe some nice architectural grasses to start off.
There is no point dwelling on what has already happened. Keep busy

I do have a garden, lots of lilies, this year i ventured out and got some hardy hibiscus and i have two tropical trees in pots one gardenia and one tropical hibiscus.

 

[Mr_Yan]

It's tough but @Tetters is right don't do anything right now. Keep it watered if you're not getting much rain.

Take a few steps back from the tree and look up a little. You have one incredible view over there.

You said this is a Lappin Cherry. Maybe look for a Stella and a third type to plant with this one in the fall or next spring.