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Muppet gardener - any advice would be appreciated
I have just tried my first bit of gardening and I think I've managed
to kill 6 pyracantha shrubs within a week. I have recently moved house and have my first ever garden. For a bit of protection I have planted 6 orange glow pyracantha but they all appear to be dying. They were all about 2 years old with 2-4 branches each about 30cms high. The shrubs are in the sun most of the day. I only planted them a week ago but within days I noticed leaves yellowing and starting to fall off. A few are worse than others. I've done a bit of research and found that I have made plenty of mistakes I dug the holes about twice the size of the roots. I put a layer of compost down in the hole but then made my first mistake. I didn't untangle the roots in anyway after taking it out of the pot. I set them pot shaped on top of the compost. The soil that I removed was extremely stoney so I ended up putting between 40%-80% multi purpose compost back into each hole mixed with the soil. I presume that this may be too much and I should have used topsoil? I put some wood chip mulch down around the base of plants to keep the moisture in and there has been plenty of rain in the last week. I didn't add any plant food initially until I noticed the leaves yellowing and falling off. After I noticed how yellow they were getting I went and got some miracle grow which I added 6 days after planting (yesterday). Every plant has lost many (10%-30%) leaves and about 80% of the surviving leaves have a slight yellowing. Is there any hope for these? Is there anything I can do at this stage? Thanks for any help. Badbark. |
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Muppet gardener - any advice would be appreciated
"Badbark" wrote in message ups.com... I have just tried my first bit of gardening and I think I've managed to kill 6 pyracantha shrubs within a week. I have recently moved house and have my first ever garden. For a bit of protection I have planted 6 orange glow pyracantha but they all appear to be dying. They were all about 2 years old with 2-4 branches each about 30cms high. The shrubs are in the sun most of the day. I only planted them a week ago but within days I noticed leaves yellowing and starting to fall off. A few are worse than others. I've done a bit of research and found that I have made plenty of mistakes I dug the holes about twice the size of the roots. I put a layer of compost down in the hole but then made my first mistake. I didn't untangle the roots in anyway after taking it out of the pot. I set them pot shaped on top of the compost. The soil that I removed was extremely stoney so I ended up putting between 40%-80% multi purpose compost back into each hole mixed with the soil. I presume that this may be too much and I should have used topsoil? I put some wood chip mulch down around the base of plants to keep the moisture in and there has been plenty of rain in the last week. Food is the last thing they need. They will have plenty from the multipurpose compost. The main thing is to make sure they are well watered. It has been very dry. If there has been no rain, they will nee LOTS of water (given them what looks like lots except multiply that by 4). I HATE Pyracantha anyway (they are bleedin orrible to prune/trim; it is covered in huge sharp spikes). Every house I have lived in I have done the reverse to you (kill em off one by one). Des I didn't add any plant food initially until I noticed the leaves yellowing and falling off. After I noticed how yellow they were getting I went and got some miracle grow which I added 6 days after planting (yesterday). Every plant has lost many (10%-30%) leaves and about 80% of the surviving leaves have a slight yellowing. Is there any hope for these? Is there anything I can do at this stage? Thanks for any help. Badbark. |
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Muppet gardener - any advice would be appreciated
On 30/4/07 15:52, in article ,
"Des Higgins" wrote: snip I HATE Pyracantha anyway (they are bleedin orrible to prune/trim; it is covered in huge sharp spikes). Every house I have lived in I have done the reverse to you (kill em off one by one). Des I almost suggested he patent his method but I thought that might be a bit unkind! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) Devon County Show 17-19 May http://www.devoncountyshow.co.uk/ |
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Muppet gardener - any advice would be appreciated
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 30/4/07 15:52, in article , "Des Higgins" wrote: snip I HATE Pyracantha anyway (they are bleedin orrible to prune/trim; it is covered in huge sharp spikes). Every house I have lived in I have done the reverse to you (kill em off one by one). Des I almost suggested he patent his method but I thought that might be a bit unkind! haha; they are grim alright. Nice looking plants but literally painful to look after. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) Devon County Show 17-19 May http://www.devoncountyshow.co.uk/ |
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Muppet gardener - any advice would be appreciated
On 30 Apr, 17:17, "Des Higgins" wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 30/4/07 15:52, in article , "Des Higgins" wrote: snip I HATE Pyracantha anyway (they are bleedin orrible to prune/trim; it is covered in huge sharp spikes). Every house I have lived in I have done the reverse to you (kill em off one by one). Des I almost suggested he patent his method but I thought that might be a bit unkind! haha; they are grim alright. Nice looking plants but literally painful to look after. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) Devon County Show 17-19 May http://www.devoncountyshow.co.uk/ I'd give each one at least a bucket full of water, if not 2 then a bucket full a week through the next few months if it doesnt rain heavily. Pour it slowly so it has time to soak in, you want it to go down at least a foot. hence the 2 to start with. If your ground is as stony as you say the chances are that the drainage is good so the soil will be dry. David Hill Abacus Nurseries |
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Muppet gardener - any advice would be appreciated
Badbark wrote:
I have just tried my first bit of gardening and I think I've managed to kill 6 pyracantha shrubs within a week. I have recently moved house and have my first ever garden. For a bit of protection I have planted 6 orange glow pyracantha but they all appear to be dying. They were all about 2 years old with 2-4 branches each about 30cms high. The shrubs are in the sun most of the day. I only planted them a week ago but within days I noticed leaves yellowing and starting to fall off. A few are worse than others. I've done a bit of research and found that I have made plenty of mistakes snip. I planted a Pyracantha in a large pot 2 weeks ago, all compost and a sprinkling of Growmore. It's thriving. I can't really see what you've done wrong, except as others say........it may be too dry. Get rid of the bark mulch, and replace with stone chipping. Sacks of pretty colours from B & Q or similar. -- ßôyþëtë London, UK |
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