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| I have an Oleander tree (don't know the variety...I got it at Walmart about 3 years ago). in a pot that I being inside in the Winter. It looks just like the "medium pink oleander" at this site. http://scienceray.com/biology/botany/oleander-a-most-deadly-beauty/2/ I have it in front of a south facing window. Every year I bring it in a lot of the bottom leaves on each branch turn yellow and eventually fall off. (I often just pull them off and they come off very easily) When it's outside in the Summer, some leaves do the same thing but not near as much as in the Winter indoors.
Is there something I can do to keep this from happening? I'm not sure how much to water it when indoors either. Also, the branches are 2-3 feet long and the leaves are only on about the top 6 or 8 inches....should they be most of the way down the stem or should I cut them back next Summer? Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 1, 10 at 9:02
| i always presumed that the issue is lack of light... the plant is shedding leaves that it does not have enough light to feed ... so increased light levels are imperative.. then there is the humidity issues ... what kind of heating do you have .. forced air?? .. what is the humidity level in the house??? and then ... as for watering.. what is the type of media in the pot... how pot bound is it.. and ... well you have kept it alive for 3 years.. you must be watering it OK ... i would usually let it near dry, in between waterings... and i would know that by pot weight .... so ... what light are you providing.. what furnace type .. what humidity??? ken |
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- Posted by i_love_flowers NE 5 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 1, 10 at 15:32
| Hi Ken! Thanks for the reply. We have forced air. I don't know if the heat pump makes any difference since the air it sends into the house is cooler than when the furnace is actually used. I would say it is pretty dry in the winter. I don't run a humidifier. I don't keep the temp real high either..about 65. And as far as lighting...it is in the south window (pretty bright most of the time) so it gets whatever sunlight comes in but I don't provide any additional light. I do let it get dry between waterings. It's in about a 16 inch pot with soil I make with potting soil, peat moss, vermiculite, and peralite. (sorry about the spelling) The pot may be a little small by now but my house isn't that big and I'm afraid that if I have to go much bigger, I won't be able to keep it. The tree itself is about 6 foot tall so not too awful big yet. Everything else seems fine except for the yellowing leaves. It blooms every Summer so far. Very pretty! |
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| You can prune Oleander back quite hard. I have one which stayed outside last winter when we had unusually cold weather (for us!). It was frosted and I cut it back but it has now recovered. I would bring yours indoors as usual but cut it back next spring when you put it outside again to get it bushy. You will probably lose next years flowers but it will be a better shape. Unlike yours mine seldom blooms. It gets buds but we just don't get the heat to make them open. |
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- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 1, 10 at 18:05
| Without adequate info, my distance diagnosis (or WAG, either way) is the drastic change in conditions between indoors and outdoors to which the plant is reacting. Dan |
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- Posted by i_love_flowers (My Page) on Tue, Nov 2, 10 at 23:33
| Just wondering on cutting it back.....the leaves are only on the very top of each branch...probably 6 inches of leaves at most and the branches are about 2 foot long. Actually, each branch has about 3 very small/short branches (probably 2 to 6 inches of actually branch) at the end and that's where the leaves are....the rest of the branch is bare. If I prune it back pretty good, there will be no leaves left. Is this ok? I understand that I should not do this until spring right? And any advice as to haw far I should prune back each branch? Hope some of that made sense at least. Thanks to everyone who replied |
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| My Oleander plant is in indoor now, i live in VA but the flower stamps are covered with little fly. And this flies making out living misarable. Can anyone have the magif how to get reed of this flies. I love this plant so I am not getting rid of this plant. Please help. I tried with spraying soap water but no luck... |
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| Chanpa: 1. You should always start your own thread if you are not responding to the particular subject of the thread. This will benefit you (you get the responses instead of the original poster getting responses meant for you), the original poster (they aren't bothered by posts that don't pertain directly to their concerns), everyone who has to read through the thread to get to your post (we don't have to read through all the previous stuff to get to your post), and those doing research through searches later on (less subjects covered by the search result). 2. Some of your post is pretty hard to read and pretty light on details, so it's hard to give any answer with confidence. More information and even a picture, if possible, sure would help. 3. As a wild guess, based on little more than a shot in the dark, I'll guess you might have fungus gnats. |
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