Questions tagged [dryness]
For questions about dry growing conditions.
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Over seeding grass timing in fall when little-to-no rain in future
I have around 4 acres of lawn area in Northern Ohio that I want to over-seed.
I've already started preparing by mowing the grass low (2") and did one pass of plug aerating. My plan was to wait ...
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Is this tree basically dead now?
A tree that I walk past on my daily commute has acquired numerous deep cracks in its Trunk and primary branches, in the last few days, over the course of an extreme (for UK) heatwave and drought.
Is ...
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Bush Leaves Withering Away
Can somebody identify what is going on what is going on with my bushes here?
Is it some disease? Fungi? Virus? The weather in the area has not been punishingly hot though and this is the first time it ...
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How to revive my olive tree :(?
I bought a 2m olive tree (see first picture) and got someone to repot and prune her. Unfortunately I think he didn’t do too great a job (second picture). Her leaves have lost their color and are brown,...
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Why are the edges of my lemon verbana plant turning brown?
My lemon verbana often has leaves that are dry around the edges. It doesn't happen to all leaves, but it happens too often for my liking.
It's been getting plenty of water, not a whole lot of sun (it'...
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How do I save my lavender?
I bought my lavender a month ago at a plant store. I lightly watered it a few times, but it looks like it’s shriveled and dry. I also some some leaves blackening towards the base. What should I do?
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about keeping one home pepper plant from drying out
I have a pepper plant that I watered every day and behind the window received a soft light basement and it is now drying I wanted to see what he did for it and this problem of water or light or soil, ...
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Plant identification and advice on how to maintain it
I found this plant on the street a few weeks ago and I took it home.
Initially, I placed it on the balcony, but I noticed after a few days that the leaves were losing color. I replanted it in a bigger ...
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How do I salvage my dried up lemon tree?
my lemon tree is about 2 years old and it was in good shape. I went on vacation this month and the tree wasn't watered for 2 weeks. Now all the leaves are dried up and the stem feels dry too. I ...
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Mini pine tree lost all its needles, is it dead?
I have this dwarf pine tree, say 50cm tall, it looked healthy until I decided to expose it to direct sunlight some two months ago.
For two weeks it felt like it was about to produce new stems, like I ...
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Metrosideros dying (?)
I have two Metrosideros bushes (different species) that are both dying (?). In the last couple of weeks I’ve noticed that some of the flowers that were blooming and the leaves, which totally lost ...
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Urgent my favourite avocado tree is dying, please help me!
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I planted my avocado tree almost a year ago and I forgot to water it for 2 weeks due to my exams. It looks dried up now. The top of the stem looks wrinkled and shrivelled, but the rest of the stem ...
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Metrosideros dying
I have two Metrosideros bushes (different species) that are both dying. In the last few days, some of the flowers that were blooming and the leaves, which are now yellow and totally lost their color, ...
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My acer palmatum is drying, what should I do?
I have had an acer palmatum for about two years. Last year the plant dried up a bit but the problem was solved. In the winter I moved the plant to a larger pot with a drainage hole. In the last few ...
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Edelweiss not doing well, looking for care tips
Two days ago I received an Edelweiss flower in a pot as a gift. It's really important for me to take good care of it, however, I'm concerned I've done too many mistakes by now :( So I'm looking for ...
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How long to dry out soil to kill all the bugs?
How long can the eggs/larvae/pupae of indoor plant bugs survive in soil that is not being watered at all? For example, after the plants have died and been removed, so literally no water at all is ...
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Star Jasmine with dried up flowers
I recently purchased a Star Jasmine that looked wonderful at the nursery but seems to be drying up at my place.
We’ve only had it a little over a month but I can’t help but think I’m already ruining ...
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Why did my mint plant die?
These were planted in 12 inch pots with around 2 parts old self-made potting soil (vermicompost+perlite+vermiculite+cocopeat) and 1 part garden soil. I fell sick and was unable to walk up and water ...
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How to save this succulent from drying up?
I have a succulent plant (not sure the exact plant name) placed indoor next to my window. It has been in this state below for the past few months.
The leaves have all dried up, including the flowers. ...
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Areca palm browning leaves
This areca palm has seen better days - all the leaves keep drying out, even the one that came out 2 months ago is all brown now. I think it needs moisture. I mist it every few days and water once a ...
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What’s wrong with my snake plant leaves?
I recently discovered the tip of my snake plant had turned blackish and cut off from the rest of the plant, basically dead, the dead part feels moist and floppy.
I don’t know what’s wrong if I’m under ...
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Marguerite daisy leaves are turning yellow and drying
Identification:
Most likely a "Marguerite daisy" or some member of the "Argyranthemum frutescens" family.
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Leaves are turning yellow and then completely dry
Conditions:...
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My plant is drying and dying. What should I do?
I bought this bush/shrub/plant about a month ago but I can't remember the species.
It was very green, the leaves were curled and very little and it had very little white flowers.
When I bought it ...
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What is wrong with my acer palmatum? What should I do?
I have recently purchased an acer palmatum and everything looked ok at first. However, in the last few days, some of the leaves on the top and bottom have started to dry and some have fallen. I have ...
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How can I save my Cedar Bonsai?
This is the current state of my baby bonsai. I live in Istanbul. I put this in front of my window facing north. This is a 3 years old bonsai grew from the seed. This issue started 3 weeks ago, I ...
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Oyster mushrooms turn reddish brown, pretty much every time. Is this a moisture or temperature or some other problem? Pls help
This is my 6th or 7th batch of mushrooms, and they all eventually turn the same kind of reddish brown and the caps don't really form.
I've managed to get a couple of good flushes, but something is ...
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English ivy - Leaves and branches drying and very minuscule insects of white color
I recently bought english ivy from one of the flower/plant shop in the healthy state. It has been almost a month since then, it was not doing bad however recently noticed that leaves are drying and ...
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leaves of Areca Palm is drying after moving to a different flower pot
I had bought areca palm from a flower shop and kept it in the hall, it was flourishing all the while from past two months. Since, it was doing well, I thought of moving this plant into a bigger flower ...
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Sambac jasmin drying out
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I have a jasmin plant (jasminum sambac).
Up until about a month ago it was full of green leaves, and had scented white flowers blooming
About a month ago many of its leaves started ...
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Help! Areca Palm with dry leaves
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I'm pretty new to growing plants and this is the first plant that i care about.
I did bought this plant about a month ago and it was delivered as it is in the photos.
I've been watering it two ...
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Hibiscus started drying suddenly
I have hibiscus plant in my Terrence garden. It started drying suddenly and about to die.
One of the hibiscus plant already died and looks like another is also started drying.
I tried uploading ...
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My olive tree's leaves have dried out but bottom of trunk is sprouting. What should I do?
I bought an olive tree a few weeks ago. It had new growth and it looked healthy, although I think it was not held in direct sunlight, and when I bought it, it was standing outside - Northern ...
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Is my snake plant dying or is this normal?
Not sure if this is normal for leaves to die or if it's something else? I repotted this a few months ago and it's generally been doing okay I think, and even has a new growth. However a few weeks ago ...
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Extreme leaf-falling from Azalea
I have an indoor Azalea which was perfectly fine before I went for holiday.
I arranged for watering system, but, because of some mechanical problem, the watering was not good. when I came back, my ...
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Drying Oregano and Mint
I went for a vacation of 4 days and when I came back I found my Oregano drooping.
Before going I watered it very, but, still it didn't work.
Same happened with my mint as well.
Both the plants are ...
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Viburnum Tinus buds getting dry
My parents gave me a couple of months ago a Viburnum Tinus (aka Laurustinus, or Durillo in spanish). It had a lot of "bud bundles" (I don't know the technical name for that, sorry), that looked nice ...
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Drying chilli plants
I have this healthy chili plant with 7-8 fruits in it. since last 2 or 3 days I can see a couple of branches of the plant are drying up.
Fruits are okay but the branches, leaves and flowers of some ...
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Areca Palm's leaves are drying. What should I do?
I bought a small areca palm 3 months ago.
I noticed some leaves are drying out and dying. The others is drying as well.
My palm is indoors in the apartment's lobby. The temperature inside is around ...
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English Ivy plant dying, with white spots at the base
I have a four to five year old English Ivy plant with up to 10 feet (3 m) long vines.
Three months ago I changed its pot and it remained healty for a while. Now, all of a sudden, its branches have ...
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Is a virus, or something else, causing my tomato leaves to become shriveled, yellow and wrinkled?
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two tomato plants - one is some kind of a plum tomato, and the other is a black tomato.
the plum tomato's seed was taken from a freshly cut plum tomato (which was bought at the ...
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yellowing leaves and black leaf parts on alocasia
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alocasia plant
bought from a nursery
placed in a well-lit corner of the room, without direct sunlight
plant is not over-watered, only watered when soil dries
got it for about 3 weeks now
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Black stem tips in a blueberry plant
I have a blueberry plant that is about 4 months old and a couple of weeks ago I noticed that the tips of the two main stems (the ones that the plant came with when I bought it), and some leaves are ...
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How to help thuja aurea nana to florish
I have a few of these pants - about a year and half old. But they (all of them - 6) are drying one side but looks better on the other side. Please help
Update 9/1: after adding some fish emulsion and ...
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Taking care of thuja emerald green
I was planning to prune the emerald green hedges on my driveway. I don’t know what they are exactly but looking on the internet, I think these are Emerald green (thuja). Although on the outside they ...
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Kiwi plant dry leaves and white spots
Since a long time my kiwi plants have white dots on their leaves. Now also, one of them is developing a dry spell on one of it's leaves.
Anyone know what the problem might be?
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Indoor durian started do dry out
I will really appreciate any help.
I grow a durian tree in my livingroom and so far it's been doing great. Since september, it started sheding leaves one by one (only one at a time always goes kind of ...
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Is something wrong with my Aloe Vera?
I have an Aloe Vera, although I am thinking its not very healthy as its quite limp and thin. I am thinking I need to repot into something larger/deeper. I water it once or twice every week or 2 and ...
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Why is my jade plant dying?
I got a jade plant from a local nursery, which was in good health. I was under the impression that I can keep jade plants indoors, so I kept it on my desk. In around a month or so all the leaves dried ...
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Avocado Pit Questions
I'm fairly new to gardening, planting, and whatnot. But I did get an avocado from my local farmers market. (It was organic.)
But I took the pit out, I followed all the steps on basically all the ...
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What type of bonsai is this, and how do I revive it?
I got this bonsai from my friend about 2 months ago. I do not know what type of bonsai it is so I don't know how much about taking care of it. About 6 weeks ago, I forgot to water the tree so it went ...
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