I've seen brown blotches on some of the mostly white/all white leaves of my Hoya before (same one you have, H. carnosa 'Krimson Queen'). It just seemed normal for mine as it would shed one of the mentioned leaves every once in a while. In the winter, it did seem more common though to drop the mostly white/all white leaves when I had it indoors. I don't believe it's anything to worry about unless you notice a mass amount (more than say a two or three at a time). Planto

as a tree .. it should be allowed to nearly dry between waterings... you should insure that the root ball has gotten water... and then not water again until it begins to dry ... more water can actually be more harmful than to little water ... and ... as in the dahlia post.. its fall .. its shutting down for the season ... i would suggest its the effects of fall .. plus the abuse of the seller who sold it for one dollar [heck.. the pot was probably worth more than a buck] ... lol ... and the transplant ... you have done what you can ... put away the chemicals ... turn off the hose.. insert you finger about 3 inches.. and only water when it is needed ... as for the chemicals ... i have perennials... annuals ... hundreds of conifers.. trees.. and thousands of hosta ... and have used chemicals once in 7 years ... please ... cut back on your chemical use.. it just isnt that necessary ... good luck ken

Oh goodness no! I don't blame my neighbor at all in any way! How could he have known? The affects of RU drifting on the wind never would've occurred to me had I not found this forum and happen to read up on it. Heck, my boyfriend - the guy I live with - was ready to go buy some to use.... he even put up a fuss with me when I told him no. haha.... he's the one that needs more training... haha. Besides, the affected plants are growing up against his fence, he probably just sprayed a patch along the fence... how could he have even thought that his spray would come over an affect my plants?.... goodness no, I don't blame him one bit. He is indeed a very good neighbor, and a wonderful person. I haven't even asked him any details about his spraying RU because he was so embarrassed when he learned. He adores our garden, and lives to share in our harvest, and is the first to offer help. Goodness, I use his fence as part of my trellis at this point too. If he weren't as cool as he his, I'd have to top my plants at this point, they're all hanging over his fence now. Dave, yes, I've got lots of growth and plenty of good green, its just really stunted looking... very very leggy, thin, limp, not curly on top though, just limp looking.... branches die quickly on these plants however, they brown up from the tips and just die slowly all the way up. I ought to get some picts I reckon. Thank you so much too for the tip on picking fruit at first blush... thats exactly what I've been doing... I figured as soon as fruit showed any signs of blushing that the gel inside should be complete and to pick it to ease the stressed plant. I've been on top of that (well, that , and I'm going nuts waiting for fruit to ripen, so at least I get to pick something). Hoosier, thank you sooo much for going through the trouble for me to get the RU label. The incident must've happened about 6+ weeks ago as thats when I first noticed the damage, small fruit was just being made at that point, right now, everything is getting close to blushing, or just blushing... I'll read up and see if the fruit is safe for consumption or not. thanks all for being quick to offer advice!!!!

OK, I'm game to start... Your soil test results show that there has been way too much unnecessary fertilising going on in your gardens. You say "Mom used to spend a lot of money on miracle grow garden soil and some kind of rose fertilizer. She would just give that to (every) thing growing in the yard." And " I figured the bottle brush was needing some too, so i poured about 2 or 3 pounds of epsom salt around the tree and waited." There's really no reason for you to throw around fertilisers willy-nilly, without knowing the reason for it. For your bottle-brush (Callistemon) specifically, they hate pretty much ANY fertiliser, but especially phosphorous, which will kill them dead. And your soil test indicates very high levels of phosphorous. Personally, I'd cut that plant down to about 6" high and see if it re-sprouts. They survive this treatment very well and grow back big and fast. (Unless it's already past the point of saving.) In the meantime, I'd stop using any bought chemical fertilisers and continue with what you're doing now, just adding leaf mulch, compost and maybe a light dusting of blood/bone meal. Then, in a year or so, get another soil test done for comparison with this one.