Blue Spruce dying from bottom on up
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Comments (1)If the leaves are healthy, the stems are healthy. They do turn woody with age - they never stay green for long. I don't think you've got a problem at all. Basil can take a lot of water - the important thing is drainage....See MoreLavender is dying from bottom up - water problem or disease?
Comments (3)Matt, I see a drip hose in the pic. Right above the lavender that are rotten. No drip hose on lavendar. Lavender do not tolerate wet and heat at the same time. THe only time you can water them is at night, when it cools off. THe drip hose is watering them in the heat. I don't water my lavender at all, ever, so the only water they get is when it rains, and it cools off then. If you really want to grow them in clay, the above poster had it right. Lots of drainage. i grow mine on a sandhill. Literally. Easiest plant I have, I do absolutely nothing to it. LOL!...See MoreFirst time container gardener - Plants dying from bottom up
Comments (12)Usually when the yellowing begins at the oldest leaves first and works its way up progressively through the older leaves ... and the yellowing is uniform yellowing with no black spots or ringed blotches on the leaves ... that is a sure sign of the plant robbing nitrogen from the older leaves and transferring it to the new growth ... meaning your plants are asking for a nitrogen boost. However, I don't see the "yellowing" ... all I see in your pictures is some off-color, dull khaki colored leaves like in that third picture, then it seems the coloration goes to dry, dead, dark tan or light brown. Also, look at that first picture and the last picture where the discoloration seems to have skipped past some of the older leaves and is well progressed on a some of the foliage in mid-plant. That doesn't seem indicative of typical nitrogen deficiency which would seem to be the first deficiency that would appear if indeed you are flushing or leaching out nutrients by over-watering as N is more unstable and "leachable" than P or K ... and you say you're fertilizing regularly with Miracle Grow. So, I don't really suspect it's lack of application. I'm thinking possibly disease of some sort. I'm not familiar with Miracle Grow plant growing mixes, but I did have trouble this summer with a knock-off brand of the same type stuff from Scotts (which I think is the same company now) where it was just to moisture rententive for the tomato plants I happened to use it for. I thought I had lucked into a good deal when I got a couple of busted bags for half price ... but the plants in that mix withered up similarly to yours, but not exactly the same color or pattern of disorder. But the mix always seemed saturated. My other potted tomatoes never had a problem all summer even though I watered them nearly daily and at the risk of overwatering ... but they were in a very porous homemade mix and never showed the least sign of what we're talking about here. So, I'm really no help with regard to the possibility of over watering. Personally, since your plants are showing that funky off-color on the leaves AND some of the stem tissue ... and since there seems to be some leaf distortion going on there too ... like a little roll while there's still some greenish color left ... you may want to take some examples of leaves to your county extension horticulturalist. If you do, take some healthy leaves, some that are just starting to show the disorder, and other foliage AND some of those discolored stems in various stages of dying and death so she or he has enough evidence to make a determination whether you're dealing with a fungal or bacterialogical agent or some other thing we all may be missing here....See MoreHeinz Roma Tomato branches/leaves dying from the bottom up
Comments (2)I've already removed the dead branches but you can see one hanging on the left side there and the beginnings of the next branch up. I thought maybe it was a fungal infection and sprayed with copper solution. The base/stem is starting to get fuzzy and white?...See Moredavidrt28 (zone 7)
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