Newly planted trees shrubs loosing leaves. Please advise.?
Question:My husband and I ripped out old bushed and planted 3 new beds. One has boxwoods and crimson barberrys. The boxwoods seem fine but the barberrys are loosing leaves. Please advise.
In one corner, we have also planted a dwarf japanese maple and I just noticed a few leaves turing yellow.
The third bed we planted a weeping cherry and the leaves are turning yellow on this too. We planted perinials aroung the bushes and some of them have flowered.
Its been a baout 2 weeks and I am watering almost everyday it doesnt rain. I live in NJ and the soil is more shale.
Please advise, I dont want to loose these plants as they were quite expensive.
Thanks.
Answers:
YIKES!!
Gardeners will tell you the best time to plant trees and shrubs is in the fall when they are dormant.
Did you prepare the soil prior to planting. Making soil amendments such as getting rid of the shale, adding peat moss and ensuring you've got good drainage. What about the nutritional needs?
Did you loosen the root balls, and remove the burlap if there was any? Did you fill the holes with water prior to planting to ensure good drainage?
All trees and shrubs will go through a period of SHOCK when planted during the growing season. Try not to panic, if you've followed the planting instructions, and didn't cut corners they'll probable be okay.
You'll just loose some leaves.not the whole plant/tree.
In more established trees and shrubs when they have leaves that turn yellow, it's usually an iron deficiency, but they are too newly planted I would think to be suffering from this.
If you water sufficiently today and the ground is still moist tomorrow...I wouldn't water any more. Too much of a good thing can be a BAD thing!
Good luck!!
I like to use 10-10-10 fertilizer on everything...can't burn it up, when in doubt...keep it on hand!
could be transplant shock. water every other day instead of daily. they might just have wet feet.
since some of your plants are doing well, I'd think your soil's ok..
ease up on the water.. Unless something really crazy has happened, they should come out of transplant shock in a few weeks.
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