My #CherryLaurel on the terrace is turning yellow again, even though it's received several fertilizers 1), has enough water, and the warmer days are still ahead of us.
As in previous years, my big question is: more or less fertilizer?!?
Is there any way to tell?
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1) I have been using alternatingly blue fertilizer and guano and add my green tea and coffee residue several times a week.
Thank you for the 1st boost, Richard, appreciated. 🙏
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Coffee grounds contain a growth retardant. Add it to compost to be broken down but don't add it fresh to plants.
Vine weevil grubs do a lot of damage to roots and are always a prime suspect.
Thanks.
Will drop the coffee.
Found this excellent article on the #VineWeevil:
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Hi Eugene,
thank you for your advice.
Fertilizer: I should be more precise. I' adding fertilizer in the spring, summer, fall = 3x/year. I had been adding coffee and tea 3x a year, but have now stopped doing so.
Yes, plants are in huge pots. Drainage is OK. --I mostly add water up to the brim of the "saucer" underneath, which uses the pots holes.--serves as a "most" against the ubiquitus ants, too. It is physically notpossible to have moist earth just 2cm below...
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... surface ca. 2 hrs. after watering --the pots are too high.
Don't know how else to calibrate water 💦, as the plants are so high now and there is rarely enough rain.
As Lionel @lionelb had pointed out, and as I've found quite some leaves with bite damages, I've ordered #nematodes against the weevil, which arrive this week.
https://expressional.social/@lionelb/114471578326823077
Hopefully, they are the root cause: there are quite some more yellow(ish) leaves now!
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@[email protected] Coffee grounds contain a growth retardant. Add it to compost to be broken down but don't add it fresh to plants. Vine weevil grubs do a lot of damage to roots and are always a prime suspect.
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Thanks, I'm 🙏 4 that.
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