Hi Gerry. Last year we bought 16 fairly mature laurels in pots for a screen hedge. When I say mature, I mean they were all about 1.5 metres in height.
I understand now, that they probably would have taken to the ground better had they been younger.
They were all planted immediately, but three of them look to be on the way out despite my best efforts. The leaves are totally gone on one, & the other two are not far behind. The leaves on a fourth are gone completely yellow.
I've tried adding a small ammount of iron to the soil, but have since been told it's more likely an acid deficiency.
What can I do? Are the leafless trees dead entirely? there is a little green colour on the branches still.
Thank you.
HI Gerry, I have one of the above house plants (parlour palm) which I bought before Christmas in Tesco's. It sits in my sitting room facing the window and near the radiator. It has started to turn brown at the tips and occasionally I have dead leaves on a full branch which I have cut off. But this is taking away the density of the plant. I watered it once a month through the winter and didnt let it dry out. I also fed it occasionally. Where am I going wrong. Im an absolute beginner here and really need your help. I hope you can help me. Regards Jackie Kennedy.
Dear Gerry, I'm a novice gardener. Last year my mother gave me two potted small fern trees (box/bux? I think she called them). One is thriving but the other has a lot of brown and hasn't grown at all. When I realised the pot had no drainage holes a few months ago I remedied that and then this month added a new layer of compost. It still looks miserable next to its healthy neighbour. What would you recommend to bring it on?
My Mimosa is aprox 15 feet high and almost straight because I trained it that way. But it is now blocking light to other tree. Without staking it should grow away from this tree and stay lower because it is closer to South sun. Can I cut the Mimosa to aprox 3-4 feet without killing it and would it be likely to sprout lower branches.
Thanks Gerry!
I have a drainage issue, water not draining through the ground. What I have done is drove a steel bar down 20 inches into the ground and filled up with drainage stones(about 12-14 in). I filled up with water and only drained 1 inch in 4 hours. My intention was to have these holes about 18in apart throughout the whole garden. But not sure this is going to work.The garden is 85 sq mtrs. Do you have any suggestions.