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Posted by kverzani z9 NV (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 03 at 19:30
| I have (had) a beautiful sweet broom plant, growing contently in it's place. We have a new yard and have been planting and creating our rose beds. This sweet broom is part of this bed. We recently mulched...mainly for the roses. Got up one morning and my sweet broom was "deader than a donut". Dry and brittle. I read that they don't require an intense amount of water...which we hadn't been doing. The only thing different was the mulch. Does anyone know what could have happened? |
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RE: Sweet Broom
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| What kind of mulch? Mulches that are made out of cypress or cedar are highly acidic if they are not given ample oppurtunity to leech out awhile before being used. I had a nice sized peach tree that suffered the same fate after a fresh application of mulch that I purchased from a regular source. |
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| I have planted sweet broom.....and they done well...then they just up and died overnight...I have no idea why....I've planted with and without mulch....I tend to believe that they can't get dry.....I work at the garden dept. at walmart....we had a bunch of them this spring....all of a sudden they just up and died.....???????????? |
RE: Sweet Broom
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| About one week ago i planted my first sweet broom and curious on how much and how often i should be watering it right now since just planted, yesterday the new blooms and leaves looked wilted so i did water it but just nervous on how much and how often |
RE: Sweet Broom
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| I just discovered that my two sweet brooms are infested with black, iridescent caterpillars. I cut off the dead/dying segments and lightly washed the remaining. I won't tell you what I did with some of the critters. Now I need a pesticide to control/eradicate them. |
RE: Sweet Broom
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| I water my Spanish broom almost daily during the heat of summer. I water it once a week during winter. I planted it four years ago. So far, so good... It gets some brown areas here and there, but it has grown 5' tall and about 3' wide. This year was the first time ir really put out a lot of flowers. They have a wonderful scent! |
RE: Sweet Broom
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| my sweet brooms are 2 yrs old now, when should i prune it? |
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| I think broom is pruned in spring. I haven't pruned mine yet, but it needs it. |
RE: Sweet Broom
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| I have had 2 sweet broom plants in a flowerbed for about 2 yrs now. While they are huge and beautiful, they will not bloom. I am trying to find out what might be causing this problem? |
RE: Sweet Broom
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| Is 'sweet broom' the same as Spanish broom? I have the latter & it does great all by itself with only some water every month or so. They all bloom (yellow)profusely & so fragrant but try as I might I can't get the seedlings that come up all over to transplant for my friends ... that long tap root just doesn't like being disturbed even on seedlings! Seem to love the hottest & sunniest part of the yard & do best there! |
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