Our Gardenia's have yellow leaves and most of the flowers die and drop off
before they open can anyone help we live in S.E. Queensland

Terry & Angela

Hello

My gardenia does the same thing... the yellow leaves part anyway. I was
told by my local garden centre guru that its due to an iron deficiency and a
couple of good handfulls of epsom salts on the soil watered in will do the
trick... I tried that and within three days all yellowing had gone. Now I
just sprinkle a bit on when yellowing occurs and it takes care of it. Some
of the yellowing however is just a natural part of the leaf life cycle as
such... but all over yellowing responded well witht he epsom salts.


"Terry & Angela" wrote in message
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Our Gardenia's have yellow leaves and most of the flowers die and drop off
before they open can anyone help we live in S.E. Queensland

Terry & Angela

"Terry & Angela" wrote in message ...
Our Gardenia's have yellow leaves and most of the flowers die and drop off
before they open can anyone help we live in S.E. Queensland

Terry & Angela

I'm told this is a Nitrogen deficiency.
Just fertilize with something high in N

"Flossie" wrote in message
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Hello

My gardenia does the same thing... the yellow leaves part anyway. I
was
told by my local garden centre guru that its due to an iron deficiency
and a
couple of good handfulls of epsom salts on the soil watered in will do
the
trick... I tried that and within three days all yellowing had gone.
Now I
just sprinkle a bit on when yellowing occurs and it takes care of it.
Some
of the yellowing however is just a natural part of the leaf life cycle
as
such... but all over yellowing responded well witht he epsom salts.


"Terry & Angela" wrote in message
...
Our Gardenia's have yellow leaves and most of the flowers die and
drop off
before they open can anyone help we live in S.E. Queensland

Terry & Angela





Are you sure your gardenias don't have magnesium deficiency? This is
what epsom salts is generally used to remedy (its magnesium sulphate
which has no iron) and apparently gardenias can get this problem, so
epsom salts may if fact be the thing to add.

David

"Terry & Angela" wrote in message
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Our Gardenia's have yellow leaves and most of the flowers die and drop off
before they open can anyone help we live in S.E. Queensland

Terry & Angela


It would be a magnesium defficiency, so a dose of Epsom salts will fix it.
Start off with a handful around each plant, maybe 2 if they are around 5ft
high.
Water it in.
At the same time check for scale on the stems/branches. It seems to be
common around here at the moment.