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Brown leaves and droping

20 years ago

Something is happening to my plumies... since 2-3 days

It is just after I've added some fertilizer 15 Nitrogen 15 Phosphorus 15 Potasio and straighten them .... that they started to get brownish leaves and going down... very weak and with a lost of leave usual thickness... until they are droping... not only those at the bottom but also from high spots.....

also an hibiscus which is close to them and which I fertilized is showing weakness and decoloration liveless leaves....

Already this morning, I started trying to take the fertilizer to my posibility but I would like to hear your comments...

It's being a very hot and humid summer but far less now than two weeks ago... so if anything... sun is not as much now and all the rest of time... they handled it great... even seeming to enjoy it very much.

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tdogdad
20 years ago
Did you water six hours before you gave fertilizer? Fertilizer on dry roots is deadly. Was this the first feeding. It always should be half dose the first time. Did you put the fertilizer right next to the stem which burns it. Did you feed in the morning and then the day was hot. Too hard on plants. In warm weather, water in the late morning, feed in the evening and lightly water the next morning. Avoid feeding on super hot days altogether. If your plants were new cuttings, straightening them is dangerous because the new roots tear and shock the plant. what brand of fertilizer did you use and how much. Bill
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