Blueberry leafs curling up and dying
RonCz
11 years ago
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Curling leaves on Blueberry plants
Comments (1)check water ph change ph to 4.5 to 5.5 this is ph range that blueberry pickup water best your top leafs are not getting water needed as tempature has risen are the day longer has longer warm period. Once plants have been in place for year are two the ph of 6 should be ok. Acid loving plants root shallow in soil ( what they really like root on top soil but under acid mulch feeder roots with few roots down in soil to anchor plant). A five gallon bucket don't give much room for this to take place at top to well of drain soil may need watering 4 times aday small amounts....See MoreAzalea Leaf Curl
Comments (1)The leaves are curling to conserve moisture. The roots are either very dry or there is a blockage in the stems or roots preventing the leaves from getting water. The leaves curl normally at below freezing temperatures when the roots are not longer supplying water. However they usually uncurl as the temperature rises above freezing. If it is a blockage, it could be either a borer or fungus. Either is fatal to the branches with the curled leaves. If they don't uncurl and new leaves don't sprout, then the infected part needs to be cut off. Make sure that the problem isn't that the ground is not too dry first....See MoreHELP my blueberry bush is dying overnight!
Comments (7)Before it started "dying" i didn't use any pesticide, but once I saw it and saw the spiders we sprayed with Ortho Home Defense 3 in 1 insect killer. We only sprayed once. I don't think the blueberry is dead though... As for the Iron deficiency , I bought Miracle Grow for acid loving plants. Will try that tomorrow and see if it heals! I checked the pH in the soil and it was actually 7. So hopefully it is just iron deficiency. The roots are in good shape :)...See MoreKale leaf death curl! Need a spot of help..
Comments (9)Thanks for the reply, ok so they are too wet, eh? I will shake out what water I can and let them dry up. I think I'll then top feed for a bit, but I can lower the flood level later - I'll just flood to the bottom as noted. This all makes sense. Hopefully they are not too far gone with rot etc. i actually had those pvc covers on the blocks but took them off because I wanted my fan to help Evap the water. My root structure is so small, it's going to be a while before the roots are sucking up water quickly! The leds are very high end setups from the saltwater coral reef world ($800 each-full spectrum Radion pros!). As far as reefing led fixtures go, they are pretty much top of the line. I made a mistake up there, it's about 400w total not 200, and I don't know what the conversion factor is from led to say, mh or cf, but I don't think it's apples to apples. I actually have experience building led lights for my coral tanks, so I really don't think the led are insufficient - I had them about 4' off of the plants to start, but just lowered them to about 1.5' away. They are so bright that when I turn the t5 on, I can't tell if they turned on or not. :) it's blinding to stand near. Anyway, if it can grow plants under water, I think it should be good out of water without the losses incurred by the water itself. Fwiw, here is the led fixture I built from scratch for my reef tank. It uses aluminum heats inks, laser cut acrylic, water jet aluminum chassis... Happy corals! The led lighting ive seen in the Hydroponics world is mostly older tech, which is why the panels are so huge. Reef led lighting hangs on the cutting edge of led design, using the new cree/Osram/etc stuff, but they are also a lot more expensive! Its interesting to note how much overlap there is between the reefing and hydro worlds!...See Morecapoman
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