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14-03-2006, 06:13 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 14/3/06 5:33 pm, in article , "M"
[email protected] wrote:

During the Winter my Camelia had all green leaves but looking at it today
the top area leaves are turning yellow.

There are buds on the Camelia and I am wondering if I should now feed the
plant. The liquid feed that I use says to start in March. Also should I
remove the yellowing leaves ?

This is chlorosis. If your soil is limy, Camellias won't thrive and this is
a symptom of that, so you might want to use a soil testing kit to check it.
Give it a feed with e.g. Sequestrene and repeat as instructed. And have
you, by any chance, used chipped bark as a mulch round its base? I can't
see any in your pic., though.
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