When do gardenias typically bloom?
Jen26
18 years ago
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Comments (3)Butterfly4you ALWAYS gives great advice..She has helped me a lot.. So without having the time to read her post, I hope I am on the same page.. Please get it out of that mix asap! I call it garbage for gardenias..lol It also sound like it is being attacked by more than one pest, especially spider mites..They suck the color and life right out of your leaves.. Treat it with Neem, asap>.Yes...I always have, and have never had a problem..In fact I treated my brothers a my friends with Neem after a long attack of mites and scale all winter for them. They looked exactly as you described..They are rich and green now.. I will post pictures when I get home.. Do not spray in the sun, and use very little per quart. I capful in warm water with a few drops of soap.. Stop feeding it immediately..If there is something wrong with your plant and it is sick, stressed out, and the roots will not take up the nutrients. It will only hasten it's demise. Keep cornmeal and and other additive out of the container. use a soilless mix since you live way up there that has great drainage, dries rapidly, is porous, and does not allow salt build up from fertilizers..Gardenias need very good, in fact excellent drainage and roots need to breathe! I would make sure, unless you know how to water these very well and properly, to keep it in pots just a couple inches bigger than your roots so your chances of root rot is greatly supressed..also I would use clay pots to allow air to penetrate through the walls, or plastic, so you can judge easier when lifting it when to water again. I would use wooden dowels to check for moisture, since I found that I killed a many of plant with false readings on moisture meters.. I would also leave it out of the sun at least for a few days if not weeks, until you see the leaves firm up again, knowing they are hydrating properly.... After the transpalnt into the new mix a main priority, and the spray of Neem, watch the difference in your plant. Then come back and we can direct you from there.. Once your plant is is a great mix, the pests are killed, and it comes back to restored health, then we can talk about fertilizers... Please don't expect a quick recovery if the roots are badly damaged..If not, then once the bugs are gone and the roots breathm watch it come back faster than you think.. We'll see.. Mike Good luck Mike...See MoreHow do I get my gardenia to bloom....?
Comments (116)Hi Toni I'm sorry to hear about the bad news on flooded basements and about your lost in the basement. I hope everything gets better soon for everyone and that everyone gets their electric back soon. I will say a prayer so that god helps everyone and things get better soon I'm just looking for a book that has info on gardenias as well as other plants like roses, palm trees and basil. Toni: how do you take care of your gardenias? I see that your gardenias look good. I want to know what care do you give them to see if It helps me with this gardenia thats giving me a headace May be you can spray the garden safe 3 and 1 fungicide it controls spiders and mites. LOL about the rabbit. may be it's a cat that might be eatting the leaves of your plant. all my gardenias expect one is doing great. I have 7 gardenias one is in between and the other 6 are doing great. I do have a rose that looks sick. can you give me some advice on how to take care of rose plants please? I think you still could feed your gardenia until november. I water the gardenias with de-still water since I have hard tap water and I hear that is bad for them and makes their leaves go yellow. Take Care Richie...See MoreWhen do gladioli bloom in DFW?
Comments (4)I've had glads for years and they usually are blooming by now. So far, just one is blooming. Don't give up. I've got several other plants that are either blooming or haven't started yet. Think carrie751 is right. We've had less sunshine this year and I think it's been cooler....See MoreBlooming Gardenia
Comments (12)Of course, you should keep it outdoors! In fact, if you don't get below freezing temps, you should leave it outdoors for good. I have killed many potted gardenias (none lasted more than a few months) but have one (actually four in one pot) now that I have grown from cuttings (in water). They are now in a SE window with grow lights at room temp (60-70) and 40-55% humidity. So far so good. I think I have figured it out now but it has not been one year yet so I am not going to jinx it by saying so definitively). link to some of my previous travails described on this forum Suggestions for successfully growing gardenia- water rooted cuttings (gardenweb.com) Great bargains at Trader Joe's? (houzz.com) Advice on keeping gardenia alive (gardenweb.com) Here are my tips/observations gleaned from my experiences and advise from experts here: - Keep it on the cool side while indoors, minimize time indoors tp prevent spider mites; they can take cold temperatures very well. - Good drainage is essential to prevent root rot. Fast draining potting mix, plus keep in a terracotta pot as a double insurance. I potted my water rooted cutting in just perlite and repotted with 25% potting mix/75% perlite once they were established in perlite. -Give as much light as possible, including full sun as long as temperatures are cool. Keep away from mid-day sun in summer. - maintain acidity in the mix. I use small amounts of vinegar in water every few waterings. Careful with the quantity or the vinegar will kill it The main issue with all of my gardenias, all bought very healthy with fat buds from grocery/big box stores, dying was likely that they are grown as display and throw merchandise. I found that they have 6 to 12 cuttings grown is a tiny 6 inch pot in a very peaty mix with high amounts of fertilizing and what not. They are all very root bound given the number of plants and it surely works while the brand new rooted cuttings are growing fast and putting out plenty of roots, leaves and buds powered by all the well calibrated chemical feeds, artificial lights, insecticides and optimized temperatures. Then we bring poor things home and they struggle with the radically changed conditions. Also, the health of the roots finally catches up to the lousy potting mix, overwatering fertilzing etc. So, the solution is to either get healthy plants grown by sensible gardeners not on an industrial assembly line, or start your own from cuttings from the industrially produced plants. Any attempts to unpot, remove previous mix and repot separately are unlikely to succeed because the roots are too entangled and the mix inseparable without damaging the roots; the rot in the roots has already set in, The worst part is that most people like me look at the pot bound plant and decide to pot it up in a bigger pot with their own mix. This sets up the plant to fail where even keeping it in its pot bound state would have been better. Just my 2 cents....See Moreluis_pr
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