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Brown Leaves on Forsythia
I bought and planted a Forsythia in May. It is situated in a shady/sunny
spot and I have kep it well watered since planting. However, all the leaves are starting to turn brown from the tips. I originally thought it was due to insufficient watering as only the tips of the leaves were brown, but as time goes on, the leaves are increasingly turning brown. Any advice? |
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Brown Leaves on Forsythia
"Jo" wrote in message o.uk... I bought and planted a Forsythia in May. It is situated in a shady/sunny spot and I have kep it well watered since planting. However, all the leaves are starting to turn brown from the tips. I originally thought it was due to insufficient watering as only the tips of the leaves were brown, but as time goes on, the leaves are increasingly turning brown. Any advice? Bit dark when I read your posting last night and been a bit busy this morning at the Theatre. Did think of getting the torch last night but decided against ;-)) Not your problem at all. It comes round every year, it's called Autumn when all the leaves will drop on your plant, and others as well ;-)) Mike -- .................................... Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive. .................................... |
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Brown Leaves on Forsythia
"Chris Hogg" wrote in message ... On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 21:42:08 +0100, "Jo" wrote: I bought and planted a Forsythia in May. It is situated in a shady/sunny spot and I have kep it well watered since planting. However, all the leaves are starting to turn brown from the tips. I originally thought it was due to insufficient watering as only the tips of the leaves were brown, but as time goes on, the leaves are increasingly turning brown. Any advice? Forsythias are deciduous, which means they shed their leaves in autumn, which seems generally to be early this year. Yours is only doing what comes naturally. -- Chris Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea. Mild, but very exposed to salt gales Thanks...it just seemed way too early, but could be possible. |
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Brown Leaves on Forsythia
"'Mike'" wrote in message ... "Jo" wrote in message o.uk... I bought and planted a Forsythia in May. It is situated in a shady/sunny spot and I have kep it well watered since planting. However, all the leaves are starting to turn brown from the tips. I originally thought it was due to insufficient watering as only the tips of the leaves were brown, but as time goes on, the leaves are increasingly turning brown. Any advice? Bit dark when I read your posting last night and been a bit busy this morning at the Theatre. Did think of getting the torch last night but decided against ;-)) Not your problem at all. It comes round every year, it's called Autumn when all the leaves will drop on your plant, and others as well ;-)) Mike -- ................................... Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive. I'm not daft! It just seemed a little early for that. |
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Brown Leaves on Forsythia
On 03/09/2011 00:17, Jo wrote:
"Chris wrote in message ... On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 21:42:08 +0100, wrote: I bought and planted a Forsythia in May. It is situated in a shady/sunny spot and I have kep it well watered since planting. However, all the leaves are starting to turn brown from the tips. I originally thought it was due to insufficient watering as only the tips of the leaves were brown, but as time goes on, the leaves are increasingly turning brown. Any advice? Forsythias are deciduous, which means they shed their leaves in autumn, which seems generally to be early this year. Yours is only doing what comes naturally. -- Chris Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea. Mild, but very exposed to salt gales Thanks...it just seemed way too early, but could be possible. It is early, but trees and shrubs often defoliate prematurely when drought has stressed them. This is because they can't support all that green growth and stay alive. Because your shrub was only planted in May, it won't have an established root system so it is more than usually stressed. Give it a *really* good drench, then mulch around the root zone with good compost or bark chips to hold the moisture in and to keep the root zone cool. If the brown leaves are staying on the shrub rather than falling, this can indicate other problems. Alas, this is where my senior moment kicks in so I can't remember the cause/s :~(. Sorry. Hopefully, it is just drought-induced defoliation. Good luck. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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Brown Leaves on Forsythia
"Spider" wrote in message ... On 03/09/2011 00:17, Jo wrote: "Chris wrote in message ... On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 21:42:08 +0100, wrote: I bought and planted a Forsythia in May. It is situated in a shady/sunny spot and I have kep it well watered since planting. However, all the leaves are starting to turn brown from the tips. I originally thought it was due to insufficient watering as only the tips of the leaves were brown, but as time goes on, the leaves are increasingly turning brown. Any advice? Forsythias are deciduous, which means they shed their leaves in autumn, which seems generally to be early this year. Yours is only doing what comes naturally. -- Chris Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea. Mild, but very exposed to salt gales Thanks...it just seemed way too early, but could be possible. It is early, but trees and shrubs often defoliate prematurely when drought has stressed them. This is because they can't support all that green growth and stay alive. Because your shrub was only planted in May, it won't have an established root system so it is more than usually stressed. Give it a *really* good drench, then mulch around the root zone with good compost or bark chips to hold the moisture in and to keep the root zone cool. If the brown leaves are staying on the shrub rather than falling, this can indicate other problems. Alas, this is where my senior moment kicks in so I can't remember the cause/s :~(. Sorry. Hopefully, it is just drought-induced defoliation. Good luck. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay Seems like brown leaves are an attraction for the duration.....I may have to look into other sources |
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Brown Leaves on Forsythia
On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:44:56 +0100, Spider wrote:
pruned If the brown leaves are staying on the shrub rather than falling, this can indicate other problems. Alas, this is where my senior moment kicks in so I can't remember the cause/s :~(. Sorry. Hopefully, it is just drought-induced defoliation. Good luck. I was taught years ago that leaves going brown and leaves dropping are two different processes. The lesson went something like something tells a plant to slow down for the winter, the leaves stop doing their job and change colour. After a while the plant notices this and as it doesn't like hangers on it drops the leaves. In between we have all the autumn hues. The bigger the plant, the longer it takes for it to notice that the leaf is getting lazy as there's further to communicate. Trees are the biggest plants which is why they hold the autumn leaves longest. Simple but sounds good to me. Cheers Jake ============================================== Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien. www.rivendell.org.uk |
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