[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[wiersma7 at cox.net]

Ted W
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wiersma7 at cox.net

I have a Evergreen Shamel Ash Tree I planted about a month and 1/2 ago. It came in a 24" box and I made the hole about 3x as big as the box, When I filled it back in I used 1/2 dirt and 1/2 mulch. I have been deep watering it every 3-4 days. I fill the well to thew top and it takes about an hour and 1/2 for all that water to soak into the ground since it is a large well.
 
The last 2 weeks I have noticed that mainly a lot of the leaves on the bottom 1/3 of the tree are drying out. Also some have 1/2 of the side of the leaf dryed out and the other half looks normal. Just a few of the upper top leaves look like this.
 
I posted pictures of the leaves on my website so you could see what I am talking about.
 
http://www.learntagalognow.com/Shamel.html
 
Thanks for any suggestions.
 
Ted W
Glendale,AZ