Please Help! Ming Aralia "ruffles" is sick!
Rana
8 years ago
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6' ming aralia
Comments (4)If you haven't repotted recently, I'd make your worst problems out to be that the plant is severely root bound (symptoms fit that condition well) and you have a high level of soluble salts in the soil (because of how you water), including a LOT of excess phosphorous that is likely causing problems (due to your fertilizer choice). W/o going into details yet, I think you should A) flush the soil thoroughly, B) change your watering habits after you arrange things so you CAN, C) change fertilizers, D) pot up temporarily (if your plant hasn't been repotted recently) until you can E) do a full repot around Father's Day. If you're up for the work, let me know & I'll help you through it. You might want to look at an over-view with a good amount of helpful information, too. See below. What you learn will help you with all your plants. Al Here is a link that might be useful: Growing practices - an overview ..... if you click me....See MoreHelp! Ming aralia failing
Comments (7)Yes, they can often stabilize themselves & come back after a bit (see example directly above). Personally, I never found them temperamental to being moved, but took a Ming I'd grown for a few yrs. to an Indoor Gardening Society Mtg & the moderator was suprised at how well I'd grown it & that I'd even consider moving it, much less bringing it out of the house into the weather (it must have been fall?). I was careful & it was just fine (lost a few yrs. later). Just today, I got a cutting of another Aralia I've never had before. Solid green leaves, roundish, circular, I think I've seen it called something like Aralia "Ruffles". It's in a cup of water, I think I'll try & root it in water instead of moist perlite. Sorry to digress, bur really, just observe yr. plant while you give it time to recover, likely it will....See Morehelp with beloved ming aralia
Comments (34)Hi Al, I noticed that the bark of this ming aralia was getting very loose at the base of the tree for a while now, -couple of weeks, and some fungus gnats were trying to make a home in the soil. I was curious if it was still green underneath the bark so I pulled back a bit of it which came off easily and more than I wanted. It was black and fuzzy under the bark and then a bunch of clear worm-like (>1cm) squirming out of the bare trunk. I immediately covered with pesticide powder. The creature is less than a centimetre long; this one is close up of the creature and that just dark soil at the end.Removed more bark; more worm-like things squirmed out. I finally hit a green part (left trunk) and stopped. Found some rust-coloured bumps/spots on a section of the bark.I have resolved that I should just get rid of this plant. Even though it's really sad, I'd like to know what these things are. I googled but there were so many possibilities. Are they harmful to people, pets, or will the affect my other plants and how fast? Are these normal indoor plant problems? What could I have done better since the big "root-canal" to have prevented this? Many thanks on your guidance, Al. nY PS: Interesting observation, during the time I noticed the loosening of the bark, there was a strong almost sweet smell that came from the plant I can smell from a meter away. Definitely different front the mild turmeric-like smell when the plant was healthy....See More30+ year old Ming Aralia- Wilting/dropping leaves
Comments (1)You could take it out of the pot and check the roots. If it has been in that pot for many years and there have been no other changes in the plants environment, my first guess would be root rot or root congestion. There are some very experienced container growers on these boards and they usually advise repottings and root prunings at regular intervals, could be every year or every few years, depending on the plant....See MoreRana
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