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Transplanted FB losing leaves. Dead?
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Posted by nlbutler 5 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 8, 10 at 12:12
| I have a 12 yr old FB that was doing marvelously. I keep it outside in the summer and bring it in before the temps drop too dramatically. This year I decided to try a moisture retentive soil. The response was fantastic foliage wise. Not one loss of leaf. But by Nov I had FUNGUS NATS! Ugh. I tried a spray for insects with no success. I had to wrap the base in saran wrap just to have Thanksgiving without grossing my guests out. Afterwards, despite the temps, my husband and I dragged the monster tree out to our garage to repot it. This time I went back to standard MG potting soil. To say the tree was manhandled is an understatement. Poor thing. We didn't want one ounce of the former soil let to possibly recontaminate the soil with larvae. I watered the tree and placed it where it had been content before but the leaves began to yellow and now are dropping like the flies it used to have. Have we manhandled this poor friend into extinction or is there hope that this old friend can make a come back after all the leaves have fallen? |
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RE: Transplanted FB losing leaves. Dead?
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| The tree is fine. I would recommemd the next time you water to water it with mosquito dunk water. Also, MG may have gnats and gnat larve so you may have the same problem. I keep a 5 gallon bucket of dunk water in my garage and water my trees with it as needed. Once you start using it, you will notice the difference in gnat population. You may see one or two from time to time but they will start hiding on the side of your pot or at least that's what they do in my garage. Happy gardening, Snag |
RE: Transplanted FB losing leaves. Dead?
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| In addition to whatever else you do, you may want to consider spraying it with "dormant oil." It is a light water soluble oil similar to baby oil w/o any pesticides. In my experience it is pretty effective against a broad range of incects. Most of the alternatives for soil born, eggs, or larval stages of incects that I know of are pretty bad in comparison. Rick |
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