Crape myrtle leaves turing brown around edges
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New crape myrtle cuttings, to bag or not to bag in zone 8-Atl. GA
Comments (25)Ok just wanted to post a follow up. I got my new cuttings and used my new products... the perlite and dip & grow. I got a ton of semi-hard wood cuttings. Cuttings: 4-8 inch range, striped all but a few leaves at the top, used a 50/50 mixture in 3 pots of my old sand and peat mix with the perlite, poked a hole with a dibber, dipped cut tip in rotting hormone, put my cuttings in the holes, moistened soil (not too wet) damp, kept in location that sees light, but not direct sunlight. (only bad thing was due to time issues I had to leave the cuttings in water longer then I planned before I prepared them and got them set up in pots) This time I left off the bags and instead misted in the morning before leaving for work and when I got home from work in the evening. The leaves browned on me still and I was about to give up and a few days ago 2 gave me some green leaves. So I have 2 out of about 30. I guess that is good considering I have no greenhouse and can't mist them more then 2x a day. The question now is leave them alone and kep doing the same thing and let them get stronger or try to take them out of the rooting pot and into a new pot of their own? I'm leaning towards leaving them till I know if any others are going to try and throw up some green. I worry about the delicate roots and trying to separate them out w/o damage. When, or do they even need to be transferred to a new pot with a different soil?...See MoreBrown edges on leaves of plants/trees
Comments (4)Water slowly, and use your finger to check the depth of the moisture -- and it's going to require lots more water than you expect! Drip irrigation (even in the form of a tiny hole in a bucket's bottom) is far more effective than a sprinkler, which loses too much to evaporation. Poking along the dripline, you should be able to feel moist soil at least 3" deep the day following the watering. Also, a deep mulch will help prevent evaporation in those hot temperatures. Link is to one sort of drip irrigator, especially handy if you don't like to poke holes in your buckets! Here is a link that might be useful: LV's tree irrigator...See MoreCrepe/Crape Myrtle Cuttings... help...moisture issue (too much)?
Comments (11)Ok just wanted to post a follow up. I lost my first set of cuttings, but wanted to try again. A trip to the local nursery to get supplies and ask questions proved there are no red CM to buy :( so...I got my new cuttings and used my new products... the perlite and dip & grow. I got a ton of semi-hard wood cuttings. Cuttings: 4-8 inch range, striped all but a few leaves at the top, used a 50/50 mixture in 3 pots of my old sand and peat mix with the perlite, poked a hole with a dibber, dipped cut tip in rotting hormone, put my cuttings in the holes, moistened soil (not too wet) damp, kept in location that sees light, but not direct sunlight. (only bad thing was due to time issues I had to leave the cuttings in water longer then I planned before I prepared them and got them set up in pots) This time I left off the bags and instead misted in the morning before leaving for work and when I got home from work in the evening. The leaves browned on me still and I was about to give up and a few days ago 2 gave me some green leaves. So I have 2 out of about 30. I guess that is good considering I have no greenhouse and can't mist them more then 2x a day. The question now is leave them alone and kep doing the same thing and let them get stronger or try to take them out of the rooting pot and into a new pot of their own? I'm leaning towards leaving them till I know if any others are going to try and throw up some green. I worry about the delicate roots and trying to separate them out w/o damage. When, or do they even need to be transferred to a new pot with a different soil?...See MoreWhat is wrong with my Crape Myrtle tree?
Comments (11)iandyaz, anytime I’ve planted a CM in the hot summer months, it looked very similar to the OP’s. They can be very hypersensitive to certain conditions, but once established, super tough (as I’m sure you know). And IME, overwatering is better than underwatering the first summer....See Moregatormomx2
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