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New Common Laurel Hedge Dying?
I planted 40 bare rooted common laurels (prunus laurocerasus)to form a
hedge in mid-march, then it rained once in 40 days. Despite watering with a hose once or twice a week the leaves on a dozen of the plants have gone crispy dry. I've upped the watering to every two days, and now its raining. Now previously healthy plants are losing their leaves - is this over watering? Will the plants with dry or dropping leaves recover? Or should i buy pot grown plants to replace them? The bare rooted plants were purchased from a supplier with proper cold store and planted by the book, lots of organic material, correct height, firmed in etc. Thanks, Miles. |
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New Common Laurel Hedge Dying?
'Miles',
Watering with icy cold water from a hose-pipe was definitely not a good idea. You need to use tepid water from a watering can, making sure that it trickles gently down to the roots of each plant. A hosepipe will only wet the foliage and I sense that the roots of your plants are very dry, hence the problem. Ignore the rain, because it has not yet penetrated the soil sufficiently, and slowly give each plant about two pints of water as a matter of urgency. Hopefully they will recover. Regards, Emrys Davies. "Miles" wrote in message om... I planted 40 bare rooted common laurels (prunus laurocerasus)to form a hedge in mid-march, then it rained once in 40 days. Despite watering with a hose once or twice a week the leaves on a dozen of the plants have gone crispy dry. I've upped the watering to every two days, and now its raining. Now previously healthy plants are losing their leaves - is this over watering? Will the plants with dry or dropping leaves recover? Or should i buy pot grown plants to replace them? The bare rooted plants were purchased from a supplier with proper cold store and planted by the book, lots of organic material, correct height, firmed in etc. Thanks, Miles. |
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