On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:25:12 -0400 in Richard Evans wrote:
A couple of weeks ago I bought a small mugho pine intending to keep it
in a pot on my deck. I potted it with Miracle Gro potting soil, and it
has been steadily turning brown ever since. It's on a south-facing
deck, along with my container garden, and gets plenty of sun and
regular watering. Today I got some Miracle Gro for azaleas and other
acid-loving plants on the hunch that maybe the potting soil wasn't
acidic enough.

Any other ideas?

Well you might look at...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mugo+pine+soil&l=1

Liz and i will probably kill another mugo pine in our front yard this year.

The spot Liz wanted it was one of the few pockets of clay in the front yard
and it doesn't drain well enough. The other problem is that mugos are hardy
zones 2-7. A lot of NC is zone 7b and itching to be zone 8 the next time
the USDA crunches the numbers. Or in simpler words, too damn hot.

And you're probably over fertilizing the tree.


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Chris Dukes