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Bradford pear - whats wrong with it?
The below bradford pear's leaves are turning brownish and wilting. The
guy at the garden place told me to water it every other day after planting it, and that's all that needs to be done. I did that, and about 4 days later it started looking like this. It has been planted for about 5 weeks now. Is it dying? Should I water it more? Less? Is there anything I can buy to help it out (i.e. fertilizer..ect)? Also, why are the good leaves a light green? All the other bradford pears I see have very dark green leaves? Is it because it's a small bradford? Will the color change? |
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Bradford pear - whats wrong with it?
Forgot to add links:
http://utseay.smugmug.com/photos/74304645-O.jpg http://utseay.smugmug.com/photos/74304567-O.jpg wrote: The below bradford pear's leaves are turning brownish and wilting. The guy at the garden place told me to water it every other day after planting it, and that's all that needs to be done. I did that, and about 4 days later it started looking like this. It has been planted for about 5 weeks now. Is it dying? Should I water it more? Less? Is there anything I can buy to help it out (i.e. fertilizer..ect)? Also, why are the good leaves a light green? All the other bradford pears I see have very dark green leaves? Is it because it's a small bradford? Will the color change? |
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oups.com... Does the tree in my picture appear to be dead? Should I water daily? Looks OK to me. Is it possible that your new tree is in full sun? It could just be that it went from a slightly shadier spot in the nursery/garden center into the middle of your yard and is just going through some adjustment. I would just leave it alone. One recommendation for a new tree would be to build a small dirt lip at the edge of your dark mulch circle to catch any rain water and make watering easier. -al sung Rapid Realm Technology, Inc. Hopkinton, MA Zone 6a |
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Bradford pear - whats wrong with it?
Looks like leaf scorch
www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/BP/BP_25_W.pdf http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/FactS...leafscorch.htm There is a bacterial leaf scorch which is a systemic problem. http://www.usna.usda.gov/Research/Ba...eafScorch.html Make sure not to over water it... too much will kill it just like not enough. You want to deep water not water constantly. I would not fertilize it. I was taught not to fertilize new trees heavily as they need to acclimate and not start rapid growth You don't mention where you are.... here, central/southern CA, already, my flowering pear has some sun scald and we haven't even had sustained 100's (they're coming just late) HTH Nicole wrote in message oups.com... The below bradford pear's leaves are turning brownish and wilting. The guy at the garden place told me to water it every other day after planting it, and that's all that needs to be done. I did that, and about 4 days later it started looking like this. It has been planted for about 5 weeks now. Is it dying? Should I water it more? Less? Is there anything I can buy to help it out (i.e. fertilizer..ect)? Also, why are the good leaves a light green? All the other bradford pears I see have very dark green leaves? Is it because it's a small bradford? Will the color change? |
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Thanks Nicole! I live in East Tennessee.
Nicole wrote: Looks like leaf scorch www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/BP/BP_25_W.pdf http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/FactS...leafscorch.htm There is a bacterial leaf scorch which is a systemic problem. http://www.usna.usda.gov/Research/Ba...eafScorch.html Make sure not to over water it... too much will kill it just like not enough. You want to deep water not water constantly. I would not fertilize it. I was taught not to fertilize new trees heavily as they need to acclimate and not start rapid growth You don't mention where you are.... here, central/southern CA, already, my flowering pear has some sun scald and we haven't even had sustained 100's (they're coming just late) HTH Nicole wrote in message oups.com... The below bradford pear's leaves are turning brownish and wilting. The guy at the garden place told me to water it every other day after planting it, and that's all that needs to be done. I did that, and about 4 days later it started looking like this. It has been planted for about 5 weeks now. Is it dying? Should I water it more? Less? Is there anything I can buy to help it out (i.e. fertilizer..ect)? Also, why are the good leaves a light green? All the other bradford pears I see have very dark green leaves? Is it because it's a small bradford? Will the color change? |
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