Acer poblems

We were given an acer as an engagement gift from my parents but as we know we'll be moving in a couple of years my mum wanted to plant it next to our pond but to actually leave it in it's pot so that when we move we can take it with us with no problems of disturbing the roots. The leaves have spent most of the summer looking scorched although since the weather's not been so hot it's started looking healthier, over the weekend it's looked fine but I've been out this morning and it's hardly got any leaves left on it, is this normal? From what I've read elsewhere I don't think it is but I don't know what to do, any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you

 

Difficult to advise, the one in my avatar and another very much bigger have still all their leaves and they haven't even started "turning" yet. They don't like full sun. I spray the leaves a couple of times a day when it's really hot, so I get hardly any scorching.
It maybe because the leaves were badly scorched they have already fallen. As it's approaching the dormant period there's not a lot you can do now other than not let it dry out. I'd wait for November, put it in a large pot with good drainage and wait to see what happens.

 

Why did I read the title of this thread and think you were talking about a computer? :dh:

Does that qualify as a senior moment :flag::hehe::hehe:

 

So maybe a few stupid questions then but they do lose there leaves for the winter? I've not been able to find out much information about them at all.

And I'm thinking of putting it in a bigger pot as I've a nice spare blue one that I think will look nice with the contrast of the red leaves, is there any specific compost you're supposed to use for them?

To Doghouse Riley, does spraying the leaves in full sun not encourage scorching?

 

Mine are just in the garden, not in pots, a mixture of ericaceous compost and soil as long as it drains well should be OK. They prefer a slightly acid soil. My azeleas and rhododendrons get the dregs from the bottom of my koi pool sump every couple of weeks as fish poo is acidic, they seem to thrive on that and it's cheaper than special fertilizer.

They are deciduous, so will lose all their leaves, the tips of some branches may go white and you may find the odd one dies off during the winter, this is normal, well.. it has been with this one for over 20 years.



I always give them a spray of greenfly killer as soon as the buds start to open, as the little bu***** seem to like to feast on them given a chance.

No, that's "an old wives' tale."

 

WOW! That's gorgeous! makes mine look like a bit dropped off.... well at the moment like a lot dropped off! :lollol:

Thank you for the advice.