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| I have a Judd Viburnum in my yard which is 3 feet tall. It was not doing very well last year so about 2 week back, I applied two fertilizer spikes at a distance of 1 ft. apart from the base of the shrub. After 3-4 days, the leaves on the viburnum started turning brown. Now the situation is about 70% of the viburnum has brown leaves.
Is the viburnum dying or green leaf will come back again by summer or earlier as the branches are still green. I checked two or three branches by scratching with my thumb nail. Any advice or suggestions to save the viburnum will be helpful. Do you think, it happened due to over-fertilization or the viburnum is under some stress, may be the spike hit one of its root? There is no damage to the root branches at the base of the shrub. I am keeping the viburnum moist most of the time, not over-watering. Thanks |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Apr 7, 12 at 18:07
| tree spikes are useless.. did it leaf out early in the heat wave.. and then get hit with a frost or a freeze.. or two or 3??? its very early spring.. if you are watering at all.. i wonder why.. insert finger. and do not water again. until it near dries out.. in may some time .. you may be on the verge of loving it to death.. by being too proactive ... ken |
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- Posted by confused_gardener (My Page) on Sat, Apr 7, 12 at 18:43
| Thank you for your quick response. Yes, it leaf out early in the spring during relatively high temp in Mar�12 and then got hit with cold temperature for few days. The leaves staring turning brown when the temp changed and I also applied fert spikes just before the cold temp. I will stick to your watering instructions as I read somewhere that watering once a week might help washing extra fert away from the roots. Any other advice as I need to save it....Thanks Again! |
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| Rule of thumb: NEVER fertilize a stressed plant. |
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