Plumeria leaves curling & deformed
Danielle C
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Plumeria leaves curled
Comments (9)Sap makes sense. I tried wiping some of it off and it felt rather like crystals instead of soft mold/fungus - you know how sugar or salt leaves a crust? Sort of like that. I tried to flush the area, but noticed that there is that horrible plastic landscaping sheet under most of the area. It's not the nice breathable stuff that lets water through, but very heavy black plastic like you see in construction areas! I have removed it from most of my landscaping, but keep finding it. Our temps have been in the 90s for a while. And surprisingly, the humidity has been low - around 30%, which is really low for us. Obviously the Bayer didn't help, and maybe hurt, when I used it last month for whitefly. So I'll mix up the Neem and give that a try. I wonder if the bushes you can see in the background are harboring some pest? I think I'll treat those, too! Can't remember doing so the last time. I have a couple of starters still in pots on my lanai. They look fine and have nice leaves. One even bloomed....See MorePlumeria leaf tips burned, leaves spotty, some curling
Comments (9)The first defoliation was most likely a function of the change in light between where it was sited at school and the lower light area where it is/was at home. It's very possible that the crispy leaf tips/margins are being caused by over-watering, a high level of salts in the soil (from fertilizer and dissolved solids in your tap water), or a combination of both. If your plant is wilting when you can still detect moisture in the soil, it's almost certain that root function is impaired, and the plant 'perking up' as evening approaches supports that thought. Again, this may be the result of an overly water-retentive soil and the lack of air in the root zone that comes with it, or a high level of dissolved solids (salts) in the soil, or both. Even the recurring insect infestation can be resultant of a suppressed metabolism due to poor root health. The fix when your plant wilts while the soil is still moist is less water, not more, and a flushing of the soil to remove excess salts that may be inhibiting water uptake. A high level of salts in the soil can do the same thing to plants that salt does to cured meats, like ham, bacon, summer sausage ..... When the level of salts in the soil is higher than the level of salts in plant or animal cells (meat), the salt actually pulls moisture from cells. When this condition is severe, a condition called plasmolysis can result as cells collapse and plasma is torn from cell walls. Commonly, we call it fertilizer burn. Al PS - it's much more important to shade the container than the foliage. A light colored cache pot filled with an absorbent material you can keep moist (between the 2 pots) or a pot-in-pot arrangement with the outside pot being white or a light color would probably go a long way toward keeping root temps out of the danger zone....See MoreDeformed/Curling leaves. Pics. (Unfinished Manure)
Comments (13)After hitting "Preview", I realized this post is LONG! Before you guys read enough to judge my intelligence and stop, I would like to thank all those that offered advice on this issue. Even if I don't quite show it, please don't think I don't value the experience I see here. In researching 2-4D, I found that it had a halflife of 10 days. I picked up the manure on Jan 31. Some of it was aged, some, not so much. Although the age is irrelevant as the manure may have become exposed to the herbicide after being... well, abandoned by the horse. Either way, whatever the concentration, it should have been at half strength on Feb 10, quarter strength on Feb 20, 1/8 strength on Mar 2, and 1/16 on Mar 12. Plants were planted on March 6. In looking at the docs provided by Jean, my plants appear to be much worse than the worst case scenario provided by the studies they did. However, with that said, it may not be 2-4D either, but something else that is more persistent. Or, there is the possibility that my neighbor sprayed something that I'm not aware of, possibly in his front yard (these are on the end of the bed closest to the front of the house...). Still, I would think that if this were drift, it would have affected more than just these four plants and the difference between plants four and 5 wouldn't be so evident. Either way, if it was the manure, and I believe we all agree that it is, I may still be OK. I don't care about these plants. There is nothing I can do about them anyway. Even if I were to pull them, I would have to put something else in their place and unless I dig out that whole end of the yard, I'd be putting new plants in the same position as the ones I'd be pulling. Besides, I'm in Texas. It's too late to be setting out. I've never put anything out this late and had it produce anything. The plants are going to have to die, grow out of it, or sit there and pout in a permanent prepubescent state. I had plants that had this issue last year on the other end of the same bed. They grew out of it just fine and ended up producing as well as anything else in my garden (it was not a good year). In the mean time, I'll keep soaking these plants to see if I can dilute down whatever is in the soil to levels were they are not longer an issue. If the plants die, the plants die. I have about 21 more. Like I said, these are experimentals anyway. Finally, I agree that this looks exactly like herbicide damage, and if you guys have not heard of anything other than herbicide that could cause this problem from horse manure, then we'll agree that this is herbicide damage. The main thing I was worried about was my compost pile. I used half the manure I retrieved that day on the spots these plants are now mixed the other half into my compost pile. The compost is about a year's worth and is finally finished. I used all I could this year and thought some manure and leaves now and coffee grounds through the year might keep it young and vibrant to be used for next year. While I'm sure it will be safe when next year's plants hit it in Feb-March of next year, I'll be sure to add some more materials to dilute any herbicide residuals that may persist. I was very worried that I was going to lose my compost pile (how sad is that?) The plants took 3 months to grow. I work on my compost piles year round!...See MorePlumeria curling leaves
Comments (0)Hello everybody, On our last trip to Hawaii we've got 8 cuts of plumeria and have tried to grow them ourselves so we can enjoy this miracle plant. Out of 8 we've got 5 going. We have planted them at the end of September/2015 and already started to get some leaves at the beginning of December. One plant grew big leaves in a record time of 5 days, the rest of the plants are much slower at growing their leaves. One of them even developed a bud, which I can't wait to bloom soon in the future. We live in Sacramento area, we kept them outside until the end of Nov when temperatures dropped to 50's but now they are inside on the top of the fridge. Our house does't get much light, plus we have 2 toddlers that would not be very nice to the plants if we would put them next to a window, so they are on the top of the refrigerator and get most of the light from the indoor lights. Some of the leaves started to grow curly, unfortunately. I have noticed some very tiny fleas , which I have no clue what creatures they are. I don't water the plants more than once a week, never fertilized them! What is it to be done so I can successfully grow them healthy? Why are they curly?...See Morethe_first_kms2
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