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If the plants get too much water, root rot -a fungal disease- can also cause leaves to brown out and can also make the whole plant to eventually die.

The solution to most of these watering issues? If you have water drainage issue in your garden that accumulates water where the camellia is, take some corrective action or transplant the camellia elsewhere. Also, check the soil moisture more often or use an automatic sprinkler system. To manually check, insert a finger into the soil to a depth of 2-3 inches (5-8 cm) and see if it feels wet, moist or dry. Then take appropriate action. Maintain lots of acidic mulch (2-4 inches or 5-10 cm) and keep the soil moist as much as possible.

During the winter time, if the soil does not freeze, it is important to also provide water to camellias. Again, test the amount off moisture in the soil with a finger and decide if it needs more or less.

Fertilizer: To keep camellias well fed, the American Camellia Society recommends three feeding per year. I apply a cup of cottonseed meal (organic food) around the base of the plant in March, June and September. Some mineral deficiencies will result in yellowing of leaves. I already mentioned elevated alkaline Ph Levels. A soil analysis is the only way to detect other mineral deficiencies. This would be one of the last things I would consider.

Pests: camellia pests tend to be visible on the underside of leaves. If you notice evidence of pests (look under the leaves, in the flower buds, in the flowers themselves and in the stems), take samples in sealed plastic bags to your local plant nurseries in Hong Kong for analysis and then apply the recommended controls.

Examples of some common pests in the U.S. are camellia scale, camellia bud mite and spider ants. The camellia bud mite will make the bud scales brown out and it will infect the buds and the flowers. Check to see if you see any pests on all parts of the plant (open the buds and flowers).... Spraying with a miticide will correct a bud mite infestation.

Weather: sudden changes in weather, very cold, very wet or very dry conditions can cause camellia buds to brown out too. This is a very common problem during the plant's first year in one's garden and very likely what happened to you. It happens because the plant is only used to the optimal conditions found in the nurseries. When you suddendly plant them outside in your backyard, the plant is not yet used to your normal weather and responds by -unfortunately- dropping the buds. But this should only happen on the first year or in very cold years.

For example, I lost all buds this year due to a malfunction in my automatic sprinkler system that caused very dry conditions. Some varieties that I have planted dropped their buds on their first year and others did not. If you do not have any pest problems then do not worry much about this and let the plant develop a good set of roots in its first year instead.

Well, that is all have. See what applies to your case and take appropriate action. Camellia growing should be fairly easy and just require morning sun, moist soil, food three times a year and hardly any pruning. I hope this helps you, starfruit_1,
Luis

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