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Help! Gleditsia - ?dying
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Posted by justafarmer (My Page) on Fri, Feb 23, 07 at 7:30
| We recently replanted a 3 m tall specimen from a pot into a planter (1m X 1m X 0.5m deep). The plant began to show brown tips on its leaves initially only at the top. Then gradually the tips of the leaves of branches progressively lower began to brown off. At the moment all leaves have brown tips but I'm worried the entire plant will go brown soon.
Initially for the first week or two, I watered daily to twice daily - good soaks as they say you need when replanting, but now I water perhaps every 2-3 days as I was afraid maybe I was overwatering. The plant was taken out of its pot in its entirety and the rest of the planter box was backfilled with topsoil we had in a pile over summer - this was quite dry and water resistant and I had to mix up with potting mix to get any water to absorb in. I used an old carpet around the base of the plant to keep evaporation down as I didn't want to mulch yet as the floor surrounding the planter had to be tiled and I didn't want to create too much of a mess.
Any ideas why the specimen seems to be browning off starting from the top down and only leaf tips affected presently? |
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RE: Help! Gleditsia - ?dying
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| Had the same problem with some Tasmania lanceolata in pots, which happened to be infested with mealy bugs. I presumed these were causing the leaves to brown off starting at the tips and sprayed them. So far the problem as not re-occured. |
RE: Help! Gleditsia - ?dying
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| I have previously worked as a professional bush regenerator in the Parramatta region, as well as assisting NPWS on the Colo River to kill woody weeds, mainly willow. But Gleditsia was there also. You sure you want a tre with evil thorns to 10cm that have side thorns to 7 cm. Surely ANYTHING else would be nicer than these plants that assisted the giraffe to evolve a long tongue, so as to reach to new leaf shoots. |
RE: Help! Gleditsia - ?dying
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| I have previously worked as a professional bush regenerator in the Parramatta region, as well as assisting NPWS on the Colo River to kill woody weeds, mainly willow. But Gleditsia was there also. You sure you want a tre with evil thorns to 10cm that have side thorns to 7 cm. Surely ANYTHING else would be nicer than these plants that assisted the giraffe to evolve a long tongue, so as to reach to new leaf shoots. |
RE: Help! Gleditsia - ?dying
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- Posted by pos02 NSW Aust (My Page) on
Mon, Apr 9, 07 at 20:56
| ... and the worst thing is they are almost impossible to get rid of. I had one in my front yard when I moved in 5 1/2 years ago, and I am still finding new shoots. They send runners underground, and can appear anywhere. At the moment one is now growing next door, from the original on my property I presume. |
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