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hi everyone my name is matt and im new to the list
and i have a question for anyone who knows anything about privets or ligustrum anyway i bought one about a month ago in northeast arkansas and brought it back to southwest kansas well it started to shed leaves and i dont know what to do because i think it is a japenese privetbut if it is this is a sirious problem. thank you __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Dale Cochoy++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] -privets or ligustrum
I'm curious here Billy. I grow my ligustrums in the same mix I use for A.
palmatum (which certainly contains no peat) and they grow fine. I even have one training in straight sand and I'd say it is out-pacing some of the others in a somewhat better draining mix. So, why the peat? Even here in the very dry heat, I'd be concerned about it holding too much water, too long. Regards, Shelly Hurd Central CA - Sunset Zone 8-USDA Zone 9 "Billy M. Rhodes" wrote: SNIP of ? and good reply 4. repot the plant in early spring to a good peat based potting mix. |
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hi everyone my name is matt and im new to the list
and i have a question for anyone who knows anything about privets or ligustrum anyway i bought one about a month ago in northeast arkansas and brought it back to southwest kansas well it started to shed leaves and i dont know what to do because i think it is a japenese privetbut if it is this is a sirious problem. thank you It is a Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum) if its leaves are glossy and dark green, almost black-green (as Dirr says). Usually their leaves are a bit big for bonsai -- other than larger ones -- up to 4". However, they ARE evergreen, so losing leaves -- even at this time of year -- indicates a problem. I have no experience with THIS species of Ligustrum, but here are some notes on privet: 1. They belong outdoors all year long except in the coldest (well below freezing for weeks at a time) climates. 2. They do NOT like soggy roots. Once-a-day watering, except in the driest of climates, will do them in. 3. Of course, too dry will also, but they can withstand drought longer. Water when the soil feels dry. 4. They tend to get whitefly (and therefore, sooty mold -- which would be harder to spot on this species with such dark leaves [look for dull black patches]). But I suspect it's a bit late for whiteflies in Kansas. What happens before the leaves fall? Do they turn yellow and fall? Do they wither, turn brown or black and fall? Give us some idea of where you are keeping the tree, how you are watering, whether you've sprayed, and how and when you have fertilized. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase 'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Dale Cochoy++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] -privets or ligustrum
In a message dated 9/16/2003 1:10:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes: I'm curious here Billy. I grow my ligustrums in the same mix I use for A. palmatum (which certainly contains no peat) and they grow fine. Well, mine dry out very fast because it become root bound very quickly. It may do well in other mixes, but Scotts Metro Mix 500 has worked well for me. Billy on the Florida Space Coast ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Dale Cochoy++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] -privets or ligustrum
In a message dated 9/16/2003 1:10:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes: I'm curious here Billy. I grow my ligustrums in the same mix I use for A. palmatum (which certainly contains no peat) and they grow fine. Well, mine dry out very fast because it become root bound very quickly. It may do well in other mixes, but Scotts Metro Mix 500 has worked well for me. Billy on the Florida Space Coast Privet is one of those trees that you may need to repot two or even three times a growing season. Their roots grow to fit the available space -- and then some. I just repotted one of my mame; it is unhappy, but it was unhappier with roots that had crowded out all the soil. Happily, it is a very tough genus of plants. They seem to take all the abuse you can hit them with. I use the same soil I use for everything else -- and it varies depending on what I have at hand. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase 'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Dale Cochoy++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] -privets or Ligustrums
hello evey one,
ok for jim who wanted to know what the leaves were doing. Well they were dark green when i purchased it. But a month after i got it home the leaves started turning light green to yellow then they would turn brown and fall off. I have tried to contact the person i bought it from but no luck. I think im going to try the rose fertilizer because it does get brown spots. The only insects i have found were gnats but they arn't sopposed to do any harm i dont think. Any way thank you all for your help matt __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Dale Cochoy++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] -privets or Ligustrums
hello evey one,
ok for jim who wanted to know what the leaves were doing. Well they were dark green when i purchased it. But a month after i got it home the leaves started turning light green to yellow then they would turn brown and fall off. I have tried to contact the person i bought it from but no luck. I think im going to try the rose fertilizer because it does get brown spots. The only insects i have found were gnats but they arn't sopposed to do any harm i dont think. Any way thank you all for your help Gnats, AND the leaves indicate to me that you are watering it MUCH too heavily! Keep a stick jammed into the soil. Remove it every morning and feel the dirty end. If it is at all moist, do NOT water that day. If it is dry, water. Fertilizer is NOT medicine. Fertilizing a sick plant will, at best, do no good. At worst it will hasten the tree's demise. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase 'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Dale Cochoy++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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