Gardening Thread

[Cruyff14]

Any chance of bringing this back guys?

 

[Beerfish]

Any chance of bringing this back guys?

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I have $150 worth of lilly pillies in the ground that were going great before Christmas but now look like that.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Cut off all the dead foliage and if there’s anything green left take care of it and see how it goes.

This what remains of a fern that drowned during the deluge a few weeks ago (pot didn’t have a drain hole ). One frond, so I have hopes that it might fight back.

 

[Scotland]

Mine look like that in places after I watered them twice a day during the hot spell. And we're talking about established plants that are 6 foot tall.

'Full sun' they said.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Any chance of bringing this back guys?

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Get your secateurs and use the blade to lightly scrape away a small section of bark on the thicker woody bit. If it is green underneath cut them back, keep them wet and cross your fingers and toes. If it is dry pull them out and replant when the hot weather is over. Beerfish same applies.

 

[Beerfish]

Cut off all the dead foliage and if there’s anything green left take care of it and see how it goes

Yep. Have done that. At the seeing how it goes stage now..


For reference, the same plant in November:



Next time I have young plants in full sun and there's hot weather coming I'll put shade cloth over them. Kicking myself I didn't this time. They were going great guns before. ☹

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Yep. Have done that. At the seeing how it goes stage now..
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They've still got life. If you are keen...get some wetting agent and apply around them and water it in...it should go soapy. Then when you water it will go in deeply istead of just wetting the very top. Apply mulch if you want and watch them go.

 

[Beerfish]

They've still got life. If you are keen...get some wetting agent and apply around them and water it in...it should go soapy. Then when you water it will go in deeply istead of just wetting the very top. Apply mulch if you want and watch them go.

Yep. I've already given them a good hit of seasol with wetting agent. Good to know I'm doing the right things.. now.

 

[Shane Sheridan]

Mulched the front on Friday. Palmetto lawn didn't/doesn't cope with the Christmas hot spell too well. Never really been happy with it, weeds get in too easily and also Kikuyu has got through it. Love the frangipanis; once the Crown of Thorns are established, they're set and forget, nursing the row at the front through the heat atm; Little gems well established, been in about 6 years.






Did have a row of Albany Woolybushes dividing my and the neighbours front yard. Magnificent trees, unfortunately they got a bit of hand at around 4 metres or so high and wide so got rid of them a few years ago. Probably go a couple of different coloured frangipanis

 

[Cruyff14]

I have $150 worth of lilly pillies in the ground that were going great before Christmas but now look like that.

Damn.

This is a moruya and they line our back fence, the rest are fine, it's only this one.

Get your secateurs and use the blade to lightly scrape away a small section of bark on the thicker woody bit. If it is green underneath cut them back, keep them wet and cross your fingers and toes. If it is dry pull them out and replant when the hot weather is over. Beerfish same applies.

Hmm alright, will try that tomorrow. I have been watering it regularly. I gave it a little trim today but left a lot on still.

I was just gonna buy a new one. Shits me to tears seeing it dead and the rest are fine.

 

[Shane Sheridan]

Did the back this morning with Kimberley Red. Sir Walter out the back, love it. Just the patch toward the garden bed that gets full sun struggles a bit. It is a bastard on whipper snipper lines and heads though. Snaps lines easily, roots wrap around heads, I've gone through different line, different heads, different machines and given up and now just hand cut the edges and where it grows up against the fence and retaining wall.







Nice big frangipani; mango tree that makes me very popular at the end of Feb/start of March.
Little Gems at the back fence been in about 3 years, 1st year I haven't shaded them during summer. Time for them to prosper or perish. 2 juvenile mango trees been in about 2 years, at least another 5 before I get anything off them.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Damn.

This is a moruya and they line our back fence, the rest are fine, it's only this one.


Hmm alright, will try that tomorrow. I have been watering it regularly. I gave it a little trim today but left a lot on still.

I was just gonna buy a new one. Shits me to tears seeing it dead and the rest are fine.

They are tough...when they are established, so fingers crossed.

 

[Cruyff14]

They are tough...when they are established, so fingers crossed.

Should I trim it a lot, or leave as is?

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Should I trim it a lot, or leave as is?

remove 2 thirds if there is green

 

[ioppolo]

For those who live in Perth, 'full sun' doesn't mean 'Perth's full, summer sun'. Never trust the label when it says that.
And never plant young plants when it's hot or right before a hot spell in Perth. They're doomed right away.

 

[Scotland]

I was being facetious.

My full sun plants mostly went in autumn 2020 so have had two winters of rain and two springs of growth prior to our recent 4 x 40 stint.

 

[ioppolo]

I was being facetious.

My full sun plants mostly went in autumn 2020 so have had two winters of rain and two springs of growth prior to our recent 4 x 40 stint.

I gathered that, but it's good information for most people.

 

[Scotland]

Must be weird working in a nursery watching people buy tiny seedlings to plant in January knowing they'll be back in a couple of days for replacements.

 

[Cruyff14]

Get your secateurs and use the blade to lightly scrape away a small section of bark on the thicker woody bit. If it is green underneath cut them back, keep them wet and cross your fingers and toes. If it is dry pull them out and replant when the hot weather is over. Beerfish same applies.

Positive signs, right?

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

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Positive signs, right?

 

[Cruyff14]

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I was asking a legitimate question lol

 

[BuddysBiggestFan]

Put tomato dust on a few weeks ago. May have been a hot day. Think I’ve killed a few tomatoes/plants. Definitely killed the cucumber that was growing….

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

I was asking a legitimate question lol

Yeah mate...every chance. Remove 2/3rds. Maybe apply some wetting agent and some sea sol and keep wet. New buds might form on the thicker bit. If nothing happens do that test again in 2 or 3 weeks and if it has dried out it's dead, if it's still green be patient. But good luck with it.

 

[Cruyff14]

Yeah mate...every chance. Remove 2/3rds. Maybe apply some wetting agent and some sea sol and keep wet. New buds might form on the thicker bit. If nothing happens do that test again in 2 or 3 weeks and if it has dried out it's dead, if it's still green be patient. But good luck with it.

OK, I will give it a good trim.

I'll chuck some seasol on over the weekend and see how I go.

I have been watering steadily every day for the past week.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

OK, I will give it a good trim.

I'll chuck some seasol on over the weekend and see how I go.

I have been watering steadily every day for the past week.

If we get a colder patch...or it gets wet from rain, no need to water if the soil is still damp. I used to work in a nursery and as stupid as this sounds we used to say as many plants die from over watering as plants that dry out (it rots the roots so they cant take water up).