On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:09:02 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

Any chance of a picture?

Right, this is typical of several of the shrubs:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20tips%201.jpg

And this is the feed he asked me to use (that I said was bonemeal or
summat):

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5772409/Seaweed.jpg

After going there today it's possible the yellowing has receded
slightly (if that possible) so I'm not quite so concerned.

There are a few 'holes' in the foliage on some of the plants and they
look like this: (full size pic).

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...rub%20hole.jpg

I also did an experiment of the use of the hose versus a 10l watering
can. With one of those telescoping hoses it took about a minute to
fill one can so if I was giving the plants two 20 second blasts then
that was about 7l of water / pot? If I was doing so during the hot
weather, would that be considered 'excessive'?

The 'finger in the soil test' on those shrubs and it started to feel
'not dry' after about 25mm below the surface. In contrast, a couple of
palms he has in 1m square planters did feel quite dry a fair way down
(but we hadn't watered either for about 4 days).

Sorry it took so long to get back with any real info. ;-)

Cheers, T i m