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Hydrangeas not doing anything this year
About 2 years ago I bought and planted 2 hydrangea plants in biggish
pots on a North facing wall. The first year there were leaves on both, more on one than the other, and the 2nd year there were flowers on one but not the other. This year so far there is nothing, no leaves or sign of growth. Are they dead, or will they eventually grow? Thanks |
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Hydrangeas not doing anything this year
Bob H wrote:
About 2 years ago I bought and planted 2 hydrangea plants in biggish pots on a North facing wall. The first year there were leaves on both, more on one than the other, and the 2nd year there were flowers on one but not the other. This year so far there is nothing, no leaves or sign of growth. Are they dead, or will they eventually grow? Thanks Hi Bob, You do know that hydrangeas are calcifuges don't you? That means they they are lime haters and require an acidic compost to grow in, and also and ericaceous feed from time to time. If they are in large ports and it would be a big job to repot them I suggest you get some Sequestrene and give them a good dose of that, followed by regular applications of ericaceous feeds. If they are smaller, then repot in an ericaceous compost,still keeping to the regular ericaceous feed as recommended on the bottle. The north facing wall is no great worry. My hydrangea was in the shade most of the day and was still good. Sam |
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Hydrangeas not doing anything this year
Sam wrote:
Bob H wrote: About 2 years ago I bought and planted 2 hydrangea plants in biggish pots on a North facing wall. The first year there were leaves on both, more on one than the other, and the 2nd year there were flowers on one but not the other. This year so far there is nothing, no leaves or sign of growth. Are they dead, or will they eventually grow? Thanks Hi Bob, You do know that hydrangeas are calcifuges don't you? That means they they are lime haters and require an acidic compost to grow in, and also and ericaceous feed from time to time. If they are in large ports and it would be a big job to repot them I suggest you get some Sequestrene and give them a good dose of that, followed by regular applications of ericaceous feeds. If they are smaller, then repot in an ericaceous compost,still keeping to the regular ericaceous feed as recommended on the bottle. The north facing wall is no great worry. My hydrangea was in the shade most of the day and was still good. Sam Hi Sam, err, no I didn't know that! But I was told that they need ericaceous compost which they are in. The pots are about 16 inches in diameter by about 12 inches high. Thanks for the information and I will get some Sequestrene plus ericaceous feed for them. |
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Hydrangeas not doing anything this year
On 30 May, 19:31, Bob H wrote:
Sam wrote: Bob H wrote: About 2 years ago I bought and planted 2 hydrangea plants in biggish pots on a North facing wall. The first year there were leaves on both, more on one than the other, and the 2nd year there were flowers on one but not the other. This year so far there is nothing, no leaves or sign of growth. Are they dead, or will they eventually grow? Thanks Hi Bob, You do know that hydrangeas are calcifuges don't you? That means they they are lime haters and require an acidic compost to grow in, and also and ericaceous feed from time to time. If they are in large ports and it would be a big job to repot them I suggest you get some Sequestrene and give them a good dose of that, followed by regular applications of ericaceous feeds. If they are smaller, then repot in an ericaceous compost,still keeping to the regular ericaceous feed as recommended on the bottle. The north facing wall is no great worry. My hydrangea was in the shade most of the day and was still good. Sam Hi Sam, err, no I didn't know that! But I was told that they need ericaceous compost which they are in. The pots are about 16 inches in diameter by about 12 inches high. Thanks for the information and I will get some Sequestrene plus ericaceous feed for them.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't think Hydrangeas are calcifuges, strictly speaking. Excessive alkalinity might cause the leaves to go yellowish from iron deficiency, in which case a dose of sequestered iron or an ericaceous feed would be a good idea. They probably grow best in soil that is neutral to acid, but I grow them in my slightly alkaline soil and seem happy. As long as the soil contains plenty of organic matter and they're not subjected to drought, they'll grow. The only problem is that I can't grow the blue-flowering varieties (they'd turn pink). I've also grown Hydrangeas in pots of non-ericaceous compost, watered with hard tap-water, and they've shown no ill effects. I'd be concerned that there's no sign of growth by now. Try scraping the bark off a piece of stem to see if it's green underneath, i.e. still alive. |
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Hydrangeas not doing anything this year
Ornata wrote:
On 30 May, 19:31, Bob H wrote: Sam wrote: Bob H wrote: About 2 years ago I bought and planted 2 hydrangea plants in biggish pots on a North facing wall. The first year there were leaves on both, more on one than the other, and the 2nd year there were flowers on one but not the other. This year so far there is nothing, no leaves or sign of growth. Are they dead, or will they eventually grow? Thanks Hi Bob, You do know that hydrangeas are calcifuges don't you? That means they they are lime haters and require an acidic compost to grow in, and also and ericaceous feed from time to time. If they are in large ports and it would be a big job to repot them I suggest you get some Sequestrene and give them a good dose of that, followed by regular applications of ericaceous feeds. If they are smaller, then repot in an ericaceous compost,still keeping to the regular ericaceous feed as recommended on the bottle. The north facing wall is no great worry. My hydrangea was in the shade most of the day and was still good. Sam Hi Sam, err, no I didn't know that! But I was told that they need ericaceous compost which they are in. The pots are about 16 inches in diameter by about 12 inches high. Thanks for the information and I will get some Sequestrene plus ericaceous feed for them.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't think Hydrangeas are calcifuges, strictly speaking. Excessive alkalinity might cause the leaves to go yellowish from iron deficiency, in which case a dose of sequestered iron or an ericaceous feed would be a good idea. They probably grow best in soil that is neutral to acid, but I grow them in my slightly alkaline soil and seem happy. As long as the soil contains plenty of organic matter and they're not subjected to drought, they'll grow. The only problem is that I can't grow the blue-flowering varieties (they'd turn pink). I've also grown Hydrangeas in pots of non-ericaceous compost, watered with hard tap-water, and they've shown no ill effects. I'd be concerned that there's no sign of growth by now. Try scraping the bark off a piece of stem to see if it's green underneath, i.e. still alive. I have just scraped theold growth, and its not looking good. Last year's growth is still all brown and brittle. So it looks like they are dead?? Thanks |
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Hydrangeas not doing anything this year
On 1 Jun, 18:51, Bob H wrote:
Ornata wrote: On 30 May, 19:31, Bob H wrote: Sam wrote: Bob H wrote: About 2 years ago I bought and planted 2 hydrangea plants in biggish pots on a North facing wall. The first year there were leaves on both, more on one than the other, and the 2nd year there were flowers on one but not the other. This year so far there is nothing, no leaves or sign of growth. Are they dead, or will they eventually grow? Thanks Hi Bob, You do know that hydrangeas are calcifuges don't you? That means they they are lime haters and require an acidic compost to grow in, and also and ericaceous feed from time to time. If they are in large ports and it would be a big job to repot them I suggest you get some Sequestrene and give them a good dose of that, followed by regular applications of ericaceous feeds. If they are smaller, then repot in an ericaceous compost,still keeping to the regular ericaceous feed as recommended on the bottle. The north facing wall is no great worry. My hydrangea was in the shade most of the day and was still good. Sam Hi Sam, err, no I didn't know that! But I was told that they need ericaceous compost which they are in. The pots are about 16 inches in diameter by about 12 inches high. Thanks for the information and I will get some Sequestrene plus ericaceous feed for them.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't think Hydrangeas are calcifuges, strictly speaking. Excessive alkalinity might cause the leaves to go yellowish from iron deficiency, in which case a dose of sequestered iron or an ericaceous feed would be a good idea. They probably grow best in soil that is neutral to acid, but I grow them in my slightly alkaline soil and seem happy. As long as the soil contains plenty of organic matter and they're not subjected to drought, they'll grow. The only problem is that I can't grow the blue-flowering varieties (they'd turn pink). I've also grown Hydrangeas in pots of non-ericaceous compost, watered with hard tap-water, and they've shown no ill effects. I'd be concerned that there's no sign of growth by now. Try scraping the bark off a piece of stem to see if it's green underneath, i.e. still alive. I have just scraped theold growth, and its not looking good. Last year's growth is still all brown and brittle. So it looks like they are dead?? Thanks- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yup. If there's no green showing, those bits are dead. Try cutting back to lower down, and see if there's any green closer to the base of the plant. If not, then I don't think there's any hope. Could the pots have dried out, maybe in the very hot April we've just had? That might explain it. |
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