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Sue wrote in message ... I am going down to our old home in Perth in mid April - I intend to split some of the agapanthus I had been growing there and relocate them to Karratha. I will be interested to see if the seeds from the agapantus I have grown down there have come up, as just before I left I distributed them all around the front garden! (seemed like a good idea at the time) I had brought a couple of plants up here with me when we relocated early December, unfortunately they are failing to thrive and seem to be teetering on the brink of dying. I actually dug them back up to see if they where suffering root rot because they look very yellow. I was pretty much right about that - fortunately there where a couple of roots starting to shoot from close to the plants above the rotted area. I removed the plants from the garden bed and placed them in a pot with good potting mix in an attempt to revive them. Our soil up here is heavy clay - I have added bags of cow manure, watered with Seasol and Powerfeed, and spread a good covering of a "mushroom and pig manure" (I was told at the nursery it was this mixture??) compost over the top. The temperatures are always in the high 30's to 40's at from October through April and so we water every day sometimes twice. Our water supply is high in calcium to the point where you can see the white water marks on the plants leaves. I brought Cannas up with me and they are performing excellently in the same garden bed. Any suggestions on my agapantus, this is probably the last chance I will have to access the ones I have grown as the house is on the market. Once it is sold I will have to start paying for them!! Thanks Sue Karratha. Hi Sue, I got stuck in Karratha for a week in January when the road to Port Hedland got washed out. My recollection of Karratha was that a week is to much when you don't know anybody there and I kept my sanity by taking day trips up to Port Samson which is such a cool place. But I digress. I found Karratha to be a bit under planted and was expecting better gardens there. I didn't realise it was clay (I only saw red dust and rocks) and that is where your problem is with the agapanthis because it loves free draining soil. In fact I think it grows better in Perth's metro sand better than any other type of soil. You will need to make the drainage better and the only way to do that is to incorporate gypsum into the soil. If you have a bit of shade for them during the day they will green them up. Karratha's sun is far more intense than Perth's. Under the canopy of a tree would be best for them. Go for things like poinciana, mango or frangapani they look like they would thrive there. I would think lemon grass would have a good time in the climate too. Anyway good luck. Richard |
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Agapanthus
They sound a good bit overfertilized to me!
Cheers, Alwynne "Sue" wrote in message ... I am going down to our old home in Perth in mid April - I intend to split some of the agapanthus I had been growing there and relocate them to Karratha. I will be interested to see if the seeds from the agapantus I have grown down there have come up, as just before I left I distributed them all around the front garden! (seemed like a good idea at the time) I had brought a couple of plants up here with me when we relocated early December, unfortunately they are failing to thrive and seem to be teetering on the brink of dying. I actually dug them back up to see if they where suffering root rot because they look very yellow. I was pretty much right about that - fortunately there where a couple of roots starting to shoot from close to the plants above the rotted area. I removed the plants from the garden bed and placed them in a pot with good potting mix in an attempt to revive them. Our soil up here is heavy clay - I have added bags of cow manure, watered with Seasol and Powerfeed, and spread a good covering of a "mushroom and pig manure" (I was told at the nursery it was this mixture??) compost over the top. The temperatures are always in the high 30's to 40's at from October through April and so we water every day sometimes twice. Our water supply is high in calcium to the point where you can see the white water marks on the plants leaves. I brought Cannas up with me and they are performing excellently in the same garden bed. Any suggestions on my agapantus, this is probably the last chance I will have to access the ones I have grown as the house is on the market. Once it is sold I will have to start paying for them!! Thanks Sue Karratha. |
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