Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Feb 03, 2011 3:28 pm Hi Guys, Just got my landscaping done and have noticed that all my sweet viburnum's are showing an excessive number of brown leaves . I have been provided the following reasons by different people and am now confused : * Sunburn (its been quite hot lately in Sydney) * Excessive watering * Initial shock of the plant as its been planted around 5 weeks ago (all plants were 25 litre pots) I have attached three pics of a single tree and am hoping someone can shed some light... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ thx in advance Re: My not so sweet viburnum 2Feb 03, 2011 7:37 pm Meh... Its fine. Seriously, it is Don't worry about it. It will recover without you having even done anything other than improve the mulch you have to the stuff you get from your local tree lopping contractor apply it much thicker, that will insulate the roots from the heat, stabilise the soil temp somewhat and create new organic nutrients that are highly available to the plant and together it will make it far tougher Come winter it will recover well. It will do it next year and the year after too. Each year though will be less and less Worth it when you look at it in years to come and it's "all growed up and stuff" Molasses and Powerfeed and of course Seasol Re: My not so sweet viburnum 3Feb 03, 2011 7:39 pm Oh and whilst some would suggest the "I've got just the product for you. Here spray this chemical polymer on it and that protects it". I'm not condoning that Re: My not so sweet viburnum 4Feb 03, 2011 8:03 pm thanks fu! we have been worried sick for the last week or so with all these brown leaves.... One quick question, Since powerfeed is a fertilizer, i thought it could be detrimental if i used it every two weeks as mentioned on the pack. Whats your take on this ? Re: My not so sweet viburnum 5Feb 03, 2011 10:40 pm Welllll.... Its pretty cool to do it. The reason being is that it is primarily a liquid organic compost. That side of it does some fantastic things for soil health. Nice plants have stuff all to do with what fertiliser you use on them. By all means do it but you will be poor and have a nasty environmental footprint. Not only that you will be creating the very plant problems that you need to go out and overcome with all the miriade of sprays and fungidcides. They make me mad! If only we weren't so ignorant in regard to them So Powerfeed is an organic compost. However look at the label and you do see it has been fortified with minerals. These are organically based and they are at far lower amounts than what you may see on for example a bag of NPK or "normal" fertiliser. With the things it comes with and the effects they have combined in the soil, the levels of organic nutrients are not going to be an issue Or to simplify all the dribble. It's cool to use it every two weeks 2 4465 The gap can be adjusted so it's tighter. You can definitely set up corner cabinets to have the same gap as standard doors. 2 8589 The HIA contract, in the term & conditions section states that "Commencment" is deemed when the drainage is started or the piers are dug or the slab is formed up (incase… 2 4807 |