it could take months to recover from severe sunburn ... you're expecting miracle recovery ... trees work in their own time frame ...

a transplant.. should never go out into sunshine without a couple weeks of hardening off ...

was there a prior post???

ken

and let me be clear.. its stressed .. NOT HUNGRY ... nothing but proper water for a few weeks.. and let the media dry a bit before you water again ..

dont love it to death ... ken

Thanks ken. No prior post, just this one. I was just worried because it seems to be getting worse even after I brought it inside. And Taylor, I just have it in "natures care organic potting mix" I think it's kind of a generic product. I'm not feeding it anything quite yet, and I'm trying to let it dry out a bit before watering it again. It's hard to tell how often to water it though, im new to this.

Does the container have drainage holes in the bottom? It'd be very difficult to gage how much to water if there aren't. The top would dry out and underneath it'd stay wet. It does need to be gradually hardened off, a few hours of morning sun to begin and gradually increasing the time in sun. Since it's stressed I'd put it in morning sun only for now and see if it recovers. I'd also tamp down the soil around the base, some of the lower branches seem to be buried in potting mix. You want an even soil line with the roots under the soil and the branches above if that makes sense.

There is a learning curve to this, we've all killed a few plants while figuring it out.

Actually, seedlings of trees are perfectly adapted to outdoor life. It is only those plants which have been greenhouse-raised from day one which need gentle acclimation to outdoor sun and wind. If this thing started on its own as an outdoor volunteer, it is outdoors that it should have stayed. Light levels indoors are very dim, even where our eyes do not perceive it to be so. And if you will think back to 5th grade science, plants run on this thing called light.

Also, very likely overwatered in that huge pot. I mean "huge" for that size of plant. All nurseries everywhere start plants in tiny containers (if in containers at all) and only pot up one size at a time, so as not to lead to over-wet conditions and the resulting root loss.

Think to nature. Seeds either fall where they are able to germinate or they don't. Then, amongst the numerous ones which do germinate, only a small percentage actually make it to adulthood. But those that do are utterly on their own, from day one.