Rubber Tree Dropping Leaves - needs help
cunningleah
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Yellowing & dropping rubber plant leaves
Comments (8)You need to have control over how much water your plant gets, AND how much water your soil retains. If a week after you water the soil is still demonstrably wet, your soil is water-retentive to the degree you're sacrificing a LOT of potential health/growth. Ideally, you should be able to water to beyond the point of saturation, so you're flushing the soil of accumulating salts as you water, without the need to worry the soil will remain soggy so long it limits root function or wrecks root health. Using a 'tell' can help you avoid watering before it's appropriate, but it can't fix that period of soil saturation that causes limited root function and poor root health. There are ways though, to limit the amount of excess water a container planting can hold. If you have interest, This Should Help. You might also find this Basic Overview to be helpful. It should help you avoid all the most common pitfalls hobby growers encounter early on in their growing adventures. Al...See MorePrivet Trees Dropping Green Leaves, Help Please!
Comments (26)So mike did you not figure this out? I'm similar weather to you in Pomona inland So Cal. It was 120 feet of 6 foot tall Texas Privet. Last year I moved into a house that has like 30 year old privet hedges. I think i didn't water them enough and noticed one plant sort of dying. Well throughout the fall and winter, it seemed like the plant was coming back. But it just had branches dying leaves completely falling off, and other branches that seem green and alive. Well it is 90% dead now but still has a few green shoots. Well now come early spring, more plants are getting yellow leaves, some wilted brown leaves, and branches are dying again. The original dead plant from last summer still has a couple newer shoots growing, but is 90% dead. Seems to be spreading. I'm not sure if I'm underwatering or over watering now. I only water once a week during the winter. And there are some lawn sprinklers which give the hedges a tiny bit of water daily, but not much. I don't know if that's not enough or if it's too much. A few days after i water the soil still feels a little damp but not wet. We're ina pretty dry area. Please help as now it seems to be spreading. I hope it's not root rot or a fungus? What do you think?...See MoreHelp with Lemon Tree - Mysterious Yellow Leaves and Leaf Drop
Comments (9)Ali, Steve made a great point! At least 16 hours of light by now. What kind of light is that and how strong is it? Does it get any sunlight at all in a south facing window? You could use any good soilless mix you find there, but youwould have to gauge how fast it dries and whether or not it's good for the environment you have it in. Options You could use a clay pot with a good soilless mix. Miracle grow will work if you add more perlite to it, or even bark mulch, pine that is. You could use straight 'pine bark' or 'hemlock mulch with added lime. That would be very porous. You could use the mulch with added perlite even more porous. You could use mulch mixes with peat and perlite. As you can see, there are options, just become creative with a mix that does not hold perched water and that can rot or suffocate your roots. In your situation you most likely need a mix that is very porous and that dries out evenly and quickly like within a couple of days which I likje ro wthin at least a week. ) I wish everyone that grew citrus in containers could understand the concept or how water behaves in planted containers and how to make mixes work best for their trees and grower. There is plenty to learn at the container forum if you ever wanted to know more) While you stay safe, here is something you might enjoy reading) https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5894651/container-soils-water-movement-and-retention-4-11-20#n=14...See MoreRubber Plant, froze while moving. Make the leaves and branches drop
Comments (2)Rubber plants do seem to go into hibernation over winter. Mine put out zero growth for almost 7 months at temperatures b/w 0-18 C. The top leaf had stayed as a bud and then when spring hit it suddenly started sprouting! Keeping it in maximal light certainly boosts its growth though if you want larger leaves keeping it in partial shade helps....See Moretapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)
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tapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)