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Pee Gee standard hydrangea - root rot???

10 years ago

I have an eight year old/6 foot tall Pee Gee that I think I've badly damaged: I left the gushing garden hose lying right beside it as I ran inside to get an important phone call ... and then totally forgot I'd left the water outside running.
It ran for twenty-five minutes - maybe more ...
Now -- 10 days later -- many/most of the leaves have turned yellow ... all leaves are drooping badly ... and some leaves have now turned brown and crispy.
1. Could someone please let me know if there's anything I can do to reduce/eliminate the possibility of having caused root rot?
2. Would trimming it back only make it worse (i.e. fewer branches and leaves to absorb water)?
3. Is "root rot" in this case an absolute certainty - how long will it take to know for sure?
4. Is it possible to cause only partial root rot ... in which case maybe the damage will not be permanent and irreversible?
Thanks very much for any advice - much appreciated.

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hc mcdole
10 years ago
Is the ground still soaking wet after ten days? Is the ground boggy to begin with or the plant below grade?

If so then maybe root rot is happening or happened.

Kind of hard to visualize 25 minutes of a hose running would cause root rot in a healthy plant. Our hose ran for 24 hours or more one weekend a couple years ago (we were out of town and the nozzle busted on the hose). Lots of erosion but the Annabelle hydrangea showed no signs of stress from all the water rushing by it. We've had flooding at times (23 inches in a 24 hour period in Sept, 2009) with no ill effect (except some crinum bulbs did not come back the next spring).
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catsdeadnow
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks - ground and soil now feel "normal" - certainly not spongy or moist ... no residual water "pool".
Based on your experiences, my having caused root rot does sound unlikely, but I have no other explanation - or evidence: There are no splotches or spots or powdering film on any leaves, and none of the leaves are in any way deformed. They're just all yellowing ...
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