lilac leaves curling and brown
katieHC
11 years ago
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Shriveling, curling leaves on lilacs
Comments (1)lilacs are deciduous ... so they are supposed to drop their leaves in winter ... like the rest of the trees ... mildews are a white to gray powdery substance on the leaves ... you WILL KNOW when you have it .. usually caused by night wetness and high night temps ... with lack of air movement at night ... there is at least one organic cure.. if and when you get it ... curling leaves.. is probably indicative of drought ... my lilacs.. which are normally care free and bullet proof [since we see them free range at abandoned home sites from 100 years ago .. with no help from any gardener] .... i suspect improper watering ... take a small trowel and dig a small hole.. and see if your watering regimen is getting water deep enough into the root zone in your clay soil .. i suspect not .... put the hose on trickle.. and give them a good long drink if its dry in there ... and watch them bounce back ... do not water with a sprinkler in the evening.. causing them to go into darkness with wet leaves.. or soon enough you will be learning about PMildew .... i went through 6 weeks of drought with 2 weeks near 100F ... they were all curling.. first time i ever noticed that.. because they are normally so carefree that i don't need to pay attention to them, except in flower ... watered them twice.. and they returned to normal .. with perhaps a free yellow leaves ... this week i got 3 inches of rain .. and they look like their normal selves .... readying themselves to swallow the driveway .... i suspect you might be new to clay ... that's a whole new problem that i don't know about first hand ... as i have sand ... good luck ken...See MoreLilac with brown leaves
Comments (4)but for watering.. you would be hard pressed to kill it if you wanted too ...dont worry about it.. and try to love it to death ... water a plant when it needs water ... get in there.. and dig a 3 to 4 inch deep hole.. AND FIND OUT IF IT NEEDS WATER ..... on the compass points ... 4 holes .. refill ... its a deciduous plant.. it will be losing its leaves.. on such.. i am rarely inclined to ever treat leaf problems.. moving into fall ... all you are waiting for.. is for it to set buds.. that will bloom next spring .. and those are all that is important ... see link for watering .. ken https://sites.google.com/site/tnarboretum/Home/planting-a-tree-or-shrub...See MoreFiddle leaf fig: Leaves curling inwards and small brown spots
Comments (0)Hello, About a month ago, I received this small fiddle leaf fig (FLF) as a gift from a friend! It is placed near a large south-facing window, but is not right beside the window because it is a bit drafty near there. She gets a lot of sunlight throughout the day and I water only when the soil is dry to slightly moist (I check by sticking a dowel in the soil). When I first received it, I also noticed that most of its leaves were curling in-wards and felt stiff (pic #1 and 2), in comparison to some of the more "supple" and leafy-like ones I've seen on other FLFs. It's been about a month or so and it has grown two new leafs, which are quite supple and green, but not the deep dark green of its fellow leaves. I've also started noticing small brown spots on the underside of a couple of leaves (pic # 3 and 4). The weather has been on the cooler side (I live in Southern Ontario, Canada and winter is ending. So far, the weather in March/April has ranged from snow to rain/cold to cool). The air has been quite dry this winter, but during summer it gets very humid (July and Aug, especially). I'm aware that FLFs are notorious drama queens (I had a previous one that dropped all its leaves after bringing it home, no matter how much love I gave it), and I really don't want this one to die! I guess I'm wondering if the "curling" leaves are normal and if there is anything else I can do to stop the brown spots from spreading? Thank you for any assistance! Pic #1 Pic #2 Pic #3 Pic #4...See MoreCucumber leaves - Yellow, Brown, and Curling
Comments (4)Please google "cucumber leaf disease pictures" and look for a match. Unfortunately, there are so many... :( From my experience, once a disease starts showing, there's little chance of saving the whole plant because the spores are everywhere (and then they overwinter in the soil.) I used to grow heirloom cucumbers on the humid East Coast and always had issues with diseased leaves. I switched to resistant hybrid varieties and that fixed the problem....See MorekatieHC
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