Will partially wilted Barberry shrubs make it?
Question:I have some new Barberry shrubs. I guess I watered them too much at first, but at the advice from a fellow FindHomeAnswerss user, I stopped watering them (I was told Barberry shrubs much like a Cactus can survive in very very dry conditions, and it's easy to overwater them)
Now, the shrubs seem to have made great strides returning to health. However some of the leaves on most branches are brown and dry. The rest of the leaves look healthy. For the last week they have maintained this state without getting any worse or better.
Is there anything I should be doing to help these Barberry shrubs recover completely? Will they be ok? I don't know why but I have become very fond of Barberry shrubs, and would hate to lose any of them! Please assist! Thank you in advance..
Answers:
It can be a good think to lightly prune all shrubs that have been moved, as the leaves will lose water via evaporation that the roots - after some damage and disturbance - find it hard to transport upto them.
As you've got some dead bits, I'd do this mini pruning, to allow all of the sap to focus on maintaining existing leaves and spur new shoots into action to recover lost growth space. Barberries are pretty resilient plants, and I often trim them after they've had some knocks etc. It doesn't take them long to recover.
i dont know about this specific plant, but in plants in general i would say pick off the dead parts so that new buds can grow in its place!
plus your plants will look better
sprinkle a few hand full of manuer to the soil, and water it, you can cover it with a bed sheet for a week from the sun , till it mends itself, and keep a close watch on it. you'll see a change.
Cut out the dead wood that was initially killed from over watering.
If there is a question that it is actually dead or not, scratch off the outer wood layer, if the next layer is not brown but green then it is still alive and could send out new shoots. Continue the watering schedule that is working, until they are established in the landscape and during periods of low average rainfall. Also apply some 3-4 month slow release fertilizer 3x per year.
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