Help: Is my pachyveria glauca dying?
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Is this black spot (glauca / rubrifolia) ?
Comments (22)I had/have a similar drive me nuts problem with a rose. For many years I experimented with different sprays, fertilizers, advice etc. The leaves looked not unlike yours with the yellow islands in amongst the green and usually fell off about mid summer. Finally on this forum someone came up with a possible solution. It was the soil. They had a similar situation, took the leaves to their county ag office and he said it was their heavy clay soil. As water accumulates in a poorly drained soil the rose doesn't get enough oxygen and the leaves start looking funky and then falling off. My rose is going on 20 years old now and repeats the new leaves, falling leaves cycle every year. Perhaps you need to look to your soil....See MoreBlue Spruce dying from bottom on up
Comments (76)David, unfortunately my recent checks about a month ago weren't helpful in identifying this fungal pathogen, so it continues to devastate trees and shrubs. Not just blue spruce trees are affected, but so are maple trees and oaks, and people around here are having many of them cut down. Just last month my two neighbors had 5 of these large trees cut down. Mountain ash trees are dying too. And I'd say that 50% of the white pines in this area (southern New Hampshire) are either dead or in decline from this disease. I don't spray mine since I consider them somewhat of a weed, and mine are slowly and continuously losing needles. I expect them to die within a few years. The good news is that this year I've kept up spraying with Mancozeb every two weeks since May 1st. Every tree and shrub I've sprayed (where my spray can reach the foliage) is very healthy. I'm now also working on my grown son's 4 dying spruce trees to see if I can restart growth on the now bare trunk and on other branches. But don't try a "ground drench" with Propiconazole - I tried that last year and it killed off beneficial ground bacteria, harming the trees & shrubs. Fortunately, they're recovering this year with fertilizer and spraying. Norway spruce and linden trees seem to resist this disease best....See MoreWeeping White Spruce (aka Picea glauca Pendula)
Comments (2)Hello - I'm a complete newbie to this forum but hoping that someone will have some enlightenment that can help with what appears to be a dying Weeping White Spruce. My young tree, which I guesstimate to be about 3.5 feet tall, is exhibiting the same browning that the OP had described in this thread. The tree, which I planted last summer, is located in an area of the lawn that gets mostly dappled afternoon sun. I've provided it with regular watering since planting it last year. It looked great in the early spring but over these past couple months has exhibited this significant browning and needle loss. Unless someone chimes in with an alternate treatment, I'll plan on using the same Bayer product that was suggested here. So far, I've not been able to eyeball any insect activity that might explain these woes. I'd be grateful for any additional input as I really do not want to lose the tree. Thank you!! Best, Brett...See MoreIs my Pachyveria Hybrid rotting?
Comments (8)Also- if you’re worried about rot, I’ve had great luck with Bonsai Jack’s gritty succulent mix. You can get it on amazon- from the soil I can see on the roots it looks like you’re using a very organic medium (Or the plant was received in a very organic medium haha per usual idk why they always get sold in terrible soil) You can try searching for a gritty succulent mix or search for a recipe to make your own, if you’d like. That way the roots get more aeration and can breathe :)...See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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