HELP My hydrangeas are dying ...
jbakabiss
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How do I know if my Hydrangea and Lavender are dying
Comments (3)It may just be a reaction to colder weather. Hydrangeas sold for Valentine's Day are typically florist or greenhouse grown hydrangeas and not used to being outdoors.....even in places like SoCal. They need some time to acclimate. As to the lavender, hard to say. I hope they are not in the same container? They like the completely opposite conditions than does a hydrangea - full sun, minimal water, very fast draining soil and never any fertilizer. But they can tolerate a lot of cold weather as well as a lot of heat and should do fine in SoCal if provided the right conditions....See MoreMy 1st Hydrangea... Is it dying?
Comments (1)Nice find. Get rid of the completely bare brown stems and try cutting the brown ones with green shoots down to about 18". I'd recommend growing that like so in a partially shaded area for the entire growing season before planting, if that's your ultimate goal. Keep soil moist and do not allow to dry out. If keeping in a pot fore a few years, make sure it's in a sheltered place where the roots will not freeze....See MoreHelp Identify and Cure Dying Hydrangeas
Comments (2)Another thing to check out is hole under the plant draining off the water. Sometimes vole and moles make a opening hole without a mound near the base of my hydrangeas. The first sighn is the leaves suddenly droop even though the plants have had water....See MoreHELP! Newly planted Hydrangea tree is dying?
Comments (8)Your soil appears to be quite alkaline and this makes the leaves turn light green to yellow, except for the leaf veins which remain dark green. I suggest you amend the soil with products which will acidify it. Some examples are garden Sulphur, green sand, aluminum sulfate, iron sulfate or liquid iron chelated compounds. The first ones are slow acting and the liquids help correct iron chlorosis faster (although it still will take a while to correct the look of the leaves). Most nurseries will hopefully carry one or several of these. Other products that will acidify very little but which are still good choices are coffee grounds and even vinegar diluted in water (but vinegar breaks down easily and needs tto be reapplied very often so, being lazy, I would go with the other products. Another suggestion is to apply 3-4" of mulch up to the drip line of the plant so the soil remains as evenly moist as possible. The mulch will also maintain the soil moist for longer periods so you do not have to water often. Acidic mulch like pine needles and such will help acidify the topmost part of the soil only so feel free to use other muulches like straw or hardwood mulch. The soil in the picture looks dry so try to maintain the soil moist as evenly as possible. Try not to have periods of dry soil, followed by periods of wet/moist soil, followed again by periods of dry soil & so forth. Give the plant about 1/2 gallon to 1 gallon of water early in the mornings. Water the soil and not the leaves. To help determine when to water, try using the finger method.... Early in the mornings and for 2-3 weeks daily, insert a finger into the soil to a depth of about 4". If the soil feels dry or almost dry then water. Otherwise, do not water. Every time that you water, write a note in a wall calendar indicating that you watered on that day. After 2-3 weeks, look at the notes and determine how often you are watering. If you watered -for example- every 3 days, set your sprinkler to water 1 gallon of water every 3 days. If the temperatures change 10 degress in either direction or if you enter a period when you receive a lot of rain (or no rain), retest for another 2-3 weeks. Since your growing season is so long, consider trying some of the reblooming hydrangeas too! Nikko will bloom once per year and it is kind of nice to get brand new blooms now and then. I visited the tropics during Xmas and was usually greeted by brown blooms in the Hortensias. Luis...See Morejbakabiss
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