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Help! Sick Fatsia!
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Posted by xantippe 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Sun, Apr 8, 07 at 17:04
| Last summer, I purchased a small fatsia and planted it in part shade (the best I can do--we have no full shade). Alas, it never took off. In fact, it looks worse all the time. It has yellowish leaves and drooping stems.
My question for you all is if there is anything I can do to help it?
I read that this might be an iron deficiency. I'm also thinking it might have too much mulch nearby (I have the mulch coming to within three inches of the main stem). What do you think? Do you have any suggestions? Hopefully, you all can save it; otherwise I am going to have to give it to a friend with more shade, and I would be so sad. I have always wanted a fatsia!
Thanks for your help. |
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RE: Help! Sick Fatsia!
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| I hope you were able to resolve this. I'm sorry that no one answered your post. If you still have questions, I'd post a question on your regional forum. |
RE: Help! Sick Fatsia!
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| I have a fatsia in zone 7 in pretty heavy shade. it is about 4 years old. Mine has been a very slow grower, but this may be normal. Mine gets a few yellow leaves that break off by themselves, or sometimes I break them off. This yellowing of leaves has not seemed to harm the plant, it keeps putting out new growth. The plant actually gets ignored as it is in a very out of the way spot and we have had unusually dry weather for a long time. Hope this is at least some help for you. |
RE: Help! Sick Fatsia!
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| Thank you two so much for responding! Luckily, I was able to solve this with the help of a neighbor. A month ago, she said that I should rig it a roof for shade and see what happened. (Failing that, she was going to take it for her much shadier garden.) So I put a plastic footstool over it and waited. And a mere two weeks later, it had new GREEN growth. Eventually, I cut off the yellow leaves, and it still looks great. Now I'm wondering what to do when it outgrows its footstool. I need a footstool for giants. :) |
RE: Help! Sick Fatsia!
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| Sounds like you need a permanently shady place for it. Maybe your neighbor will let you visit it if you give it to her ...:) |
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