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my sick bougainvillea
Hi there. I've had a rather nice bougainvillea with lots of purple
flowers on my balcony with a north/west view for the last year and it's been very happy. I live in Los Angeles. Just a month ago, it started dropping lots of flowers, but still looked healthy - the nursery said that is ok. BUT just a week ago, it started dropping many dry flowers and even a few leaves, and now the bougainvillea doesn't look very healthy anymore. The flowers stilllook ok, but there are a lot of empty branches. the branches do still seem healthy for the most part, but everything is falling off! I did miss a couple weeks between waterings (the last was a drenching), but from what I understand these guys are very hearty and don't mind being a little underwatered. I'm just wondering if he'll be ok! I don't want to have to replace if I don't have to. Should I keep it moist most of the time or drench/dry/drench/dry? Thanks for helping me save my bougainvillea. - JayDee |
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my sick bougainvillea
I presume this is in a pot.
They are naturally big plants and eventually use up whatever is in the pot, could be that's what's happening, have you added any nutrients, organic matter, etc in the last year? I'm not an expert on just exactly what would be best. J. "JayDee" wrote in message ... Hi there. I've had a rather nice bougainvillea with lots of purple flowers on my balcony with a north/west view for the last year and it's been very happy. I live in Los Angeles. Just a month ago, it started dropping lots of flowers, but still looked healthy - the nursery said that is ok. BUT just a week ago, it started dropping many dry flowers and even a few leaves, and now the bougainvillea doesn't look very healthy anymore. The flowers stilllook ok, but there are a lot of empty branches. the branches do still seem healthy for the most part, but everything is falling off! I did miss a couple weeks between waterings (the last was a drenching), but from what I understand these guys are very hearty and don't mind being a little underwatered. I'm just wondering if he'll be ok! I don't want to have to replace if I don't have to. Should I keep it moist most of the time or drench/dry/drench/dry? Thanks for helping me save my bougainvillea. - JayDee |
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my sick bougainvillea
On Aug 13, 11:19 am, JayDee wrote:
I did miss a couple weeks between waterings (the last was a drenching) Bougainvillea are really touchy. It probably went into shock when it didn't get watered. The drenching isn't the best to do either. Have you gone back to your normal watering routine? It may lose all foliage. Don't give up if it does. Keep to the normal watering that worked for the last year and cross your fingers. It may be OK. You can tell if the branch is still alive by scratching the bark with your nail. If it's green underneath it's still OK. Resist the urge to overwater. it may be time to ad a little more dirt to the pot too. Also, the red flower is really considered the leaf on bougainvilleas. That's why it still has 'flowers'. Good luck! |
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On Aug 14, 11:51*pm, Laura at theGardenPages
wrote: On Aug 13, 11:19 am, JayDee wrote: I did miss a couple weeks between waterings (the last was a drenching) Bougainvillea are really touchy. *It probably went into shock when it didn't get watered. *The drenching isn't the best to do either. Have you gone back to your normal watering routine? It may lose all foliage. *Don't give up if it does. Keep to the normal watering that worked for the last year and cross your fingers. It may be OK. *You can tell if the branch is still alive by scratching the bark with your nail. If it's green underneath it's still OK. Resist the urge to overwater. *it may be time to ad a little more dirt to the pot too. Also, the red flower is really considered the leaf on bougainvilleas. That's why it still has 'flowers'. Good luck! hmm... I do the drench/dry thing with my ficus, creeping fig, and grape vines and they all seem to be happy. They all get watered every few days - along with a seaweed fertilzer. it did begin flowering again (very quickly!) a few days ago after it got watered - so maybe it was just that it dried out too much thanks for the advise! - j |
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my sick bougainvillea
On Sep 25, 9:06*pm, JayDee wrote:
On Aug 14, 11:51*pm, Laura at theGardenPages wrote: On Aug 13, 11:19 am, JayDee wrote: I did miss a couple weeks between waterings (the last was a drenching) Bougainvillea are really touchy. *It probably went into shock when it didn't get watered. *The drenching isn't the best to do either. Have you gone back to your normal watering routine? It may lose all foliage. *Don't give up if it does. Keep to the normal watering that worked for the last year and cross your fingers. It may be OK. *You can tell if the branch is still alive by scratching the bark with your nail. If it's green underneath it's still OK. Resist the urge to overwater. *it may be time to ad a little more dirt to the pot too. Also, the red flower is really considered the leaf on bougainvilleas. That's why it still has 'flowers'. Good luck! hmm... I do the drench/dry thing with my ficus, creeping fig, and grape vines and they all seem to be happy. They all get watered every few days - along with a seaweed fertilzer. it did begin flowering again (very quickly!) a few days ago after it got watered - so maybe it was just that it dried out too much thanks for the advise! - j so unlike indoor ficus trees that like to get to the point of being dry before re-watered, you're saying that bougainvillea like to be damp at all times? |
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