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Sickly looking sambucus racemosa
Earlier this summer I planted a cleared bed with a sambucus racemosa,
about 3 foot tall when purchased. During the summer a lot of the leaves went brown and dropped off Now it lookes pretty sickly, with jyst one leaf area left at the top of the plant. Can this be rescued? Or do I need to start again? |
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Sickly looking sambucus racemosa
davout wrote in message oups.com... Earlier this summer I planted a cleared bed with a sambucus racemosa, about 3 foot tall when purchased. During the summer a lot of the leaves went brown and dropped off Now it lookes pretty sickly, with jyst one leaf area left at the top of the plant. Can this be rescued? Or do I need to start again? If you didn't poison the ground to clear it, then the problem is probably drought. You may think you watered it well, but possibly not enough to establish a vigorous shrub during the hot, dry summer we've had. Using a clean blade, carefully scrape away a shallow area of bark. If the exposed area is green, then your Sambucus still has a chance. If it is brown, then it has probably had it. If you are lucky and it's green, fork some bonemeal into the soil around the shrub, then water really well, then mulch thickly to keep the moisture in and the frost out. Do not, however, mulch right up to the stem(s) as this can cause rotting. Spider |
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