What happen to my oaks? Please HELP
Velycia Tjandra
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Comments (15)DO NOT TRIM, the leaves might be dead but the branches are not, they appear to be fine. The branches, including the leader will send out new leaves. Just plant in ground and watch during spring. If a tree big or small gets too little water or in your case probably overheated (because you watered) it will protect itself and lose its leaves kinda like it's fall. My guess is the soil and pot got too hot, and you might have even scorched it by watering it when it was so hot, instead of allowing the pot to cool down first. Just plant in ground in fall first, then wait till spring to see what branches leaf out, then if you like trim the ones that didn't. If you want, you could mist the branches that have brown leaves on them just to keep them moist till the first frost....See MoreNot sure what's going to happen to my trees please help
Comments (10)Lot of questions, I'll try and give my opinion. I'm not an expert but am a long time gardener. However, many others here have more experience keeping citrus trees inside. My winter is not that cold, so mine stay outside. So my advice on keeping them inside is limited. Check out the threads on keeping them inside during winter; there are a lot of them. There could be several reasons why your lemon has few leaves. As the ones left look good, I'll rule out lack of nutrients. You don't say what soil mix the lemon is in, but in general if the soil does not drain fully, and/or is compacted from too much organic matter like peat moss, the lower half of the pot could stay too wet for too long even though the top part feels dry. Most common reason for leaf lose in potted citrus. The lemons look ready to harvest, I'd go ahead and start using them asap. You tree will not grow more as long as the fruit is still hanging on. Probably best to re-pot in spring and just try to get it through winter inside for now. Get a long thin wooden dowel and check the water level down to the bottom of the pot before watering every time for now. It is a good idea to supplement lighting inside for winter. There are few good threads on the forum now about inside lighting. Check them out. The grapefruit does look good. You may lose some leaves on the citrus trees, due to lower light levels and changes in temperature from outside. It may or may not affect the fruit, time will tell. Don't spray anything unless you see an issue like scale, etc. Just examine them couple times a week to check for the beginning of a problem. You shouldn't need to cover them inside, if it's warm enough for you it's warm enough for the trees. If you turn off you heat at night that could be a problem. Try and keep nighttime temps no lower than 50*f. The peach can be trimmed anytime between now and early spring. It should get a spray of fungicide when it goes back outside for peach-leaf curl. Copper based sprays work best for that, look for it at your local garden center. Pre-mixed ready to use ones are available and are the are easiest. Citrus trees don't need it. It's safe to trim peaches by 1/3 off the ends of the branches. Also cut out broken and crossing branches. By the way, unless you live in really northern cold areas like upstate New York or Canada, the peach could probably stay outside. They're winter hardy in USDA Zones 5 to 8. You can trim your tangerine (really mandarin) when it is at the height you want to keep it at. Citrus can be made more bushy by a method called tip-pinching. Basically you cut off the tip of each branch down no more than 3'-7" depending on how long it is and how short you want it. The tree should then send out new branches lower down on the branches and trunk in spring. Wait until spring to do this. You will have a smaller crop that year as the tips are where you get fruit, but the next year the tree will have even more. Do search the previous threads on the forum, lot's of good info there that will answer your questions in greater depth. Especially how to get them through winter. Good luck....See MorePlease help diagnosis what is happening to my rose canes! (pics)
Comments (16)I also think it looks like canker. The organisms that cause canker are around all the time and enter through the "skin" of a plant when it is injured, cold can cause injury so that spring is a common time to see canker damage. If the canker encircles the stem, all nutrients are cut off and the stem above the canker dies. If the canker does not encircles the stem, then it should recover. I agree that pith will show if the stem is alive or not, but you must cut off the stem off to see the pith, it is that corky stuff in the middle of a stem, but now the cane is dead for sure. You can check for life under the bark with the scratch test, and as long as there is green under the brown, there is hope. It can be false hope because the stem could have died below where you scraped and the top of the stem as yet to die, that's why a stem can continue to produce foliage for a short time even after it is dead lower down. In my experience, you can kill a weak plant by pruning off all the canker damaged stems, when if you just left it alone, it be would be ok. You can always prune the stem later if it dies, If it is a vigorous plant then pruning it won't hurt, do clean your cutters after each cut. You do not want to spread it to healthy wood....See MoreWhat's happening to my dieffenbachia? Please help!
Comments (4)sand in a pot with no drain hole is a big problem ... [ isee no tray nor stains on the floor] thats one reason the soil seems heavy ... it is heavy ... all plants shed leaves.. annually.. its usually the lowest.. oldest leaf ... which this appear to be ... remove it ... it probably needs to be repotted in dampened media.. and then you will have to learn how to water real media... water a plant when it needs it.. not on some random schedule ... until you take the time to learn the schedule of that pant in that pot.. in that spot ... if you like the pretty pot.. find a plastic pot to put inside it .. but never let the pretty pot hold water ... also the pot is stained with accumulated salts ... and you can tell the water isnt flowing thru the soil... because of the cracking .. and its bone dry ... i bet you couldnt even stick your finger in to check moisture.. if you wanted to ... scrub the pot out if you want to reuse it . pot in pot .. ken...See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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