Why are my hydrangea leaves brown? or An update on my new hydrangeas!
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 21. 05. 2021
- #hydrangeas #gardening #flowers
Time to check in on my new hydrangeas that arrived via UPS right before I came down with the dreaded COVID-19 virus. Between then and now I have received a few questions about what to do when a hydrangea's leaves turn brown so I figured I would cover both topics in one video. Sooooo, let's go. Remember to subscribe is you want to earn karma chips. đ
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Thank you so much, I am growing my first hydrangea flowers and thought the brown leaves were fungi infection. Now i will water directly at the roots.
So good to have you back! I pray your feeling better & will have a wonderful summer gardening!
Thank you. Aside from the headaches I am doing much better. I just wish Mom Nature would give my little corner of the Concord River some rain. Happy gardening to you. đž
It's so good to have you back!
Thank you. I am humbled at your kind comment. đ
Thank you, River Lady. I was wondering about the brown leaves on my hydrangeas. I learned something from your video.
Thank you, my pleasure. Thank you for watching. đ»
That was a wonderful video & very much reassuring! You answered all my questions. My newly planted hydrangeas have developed brown spots on the leaves & that got me worried about it being infected. Hopefully they are just wrongly watered & will heal.
Hello, thank you for watching. If there aren't too many leaves, snip them off and dispose of them in the trash, just to be safe. It could be a fungal infection and removing them from the plant will help. Happy gardening. đ»
Thank you for this video I am new to gardening I just purchased my first two hydrangeas and I did not know how to water them properly and weâve been getting a lot of rain and humidity as you know in Massachusetts this season so I have a lot of work to do looking forward to more of your videos thank you.
Hi, yes, the rain we received over the past four days was truly a blessing. It formed a deep watering of my hydrangeas. Always water at the roots around the drip line using a seeping method which allows for good root development. Congratulations on your new plants. If you have the time, check out the Hydrangea Festival on Cape Cod. Happy gardening. đ»
Thank you!!!
Oh I am thrilled my video was helpful. Thank you for watching. Happy gardening đŒ
IM IN MASS TOO. HOPE YOURE FEELING OK TODAY
Thank you. Some days are better than others. Enjoy the much needed rain. đž
@@TinthiaClemant the wind and the rain were beautiful music and the earth was very easy to work with today. my peppers and tomatoes have doubled in size in this week! yay blessed be
@@tcordery6104 you have a poetic way to your words. Blessed be. đ
@@TinthiaClemant xo I hope this morning finds you feeling better madame river lady. may all of mother natures beauty and song bring you peace and happiness. today and always sister. so mote it be.
blessed be.
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Fungus. Mine had purple spots after the brown leaves..Copper fungicide cleared it up.
Great. Be careful though, copper can be toxic to plants as well as helpful. Happy gardening. đ»
I have flowers that have turned brown and crispy! I water đŠ every day plus it's been raining some so I'm trying to figure out what's going on! Am I over watering?? Also I lay the hose down on the ground I don't water from above!!
Hello, it does appear youâve been giving too much water and may have developed root rot. No worries, back off on watering and invest in a water meter from your local garden center or hardware store. Or pull some soil about and inch below the surface and squeeze. If the soil clumps together no water needed.
When you water from below which is good, water away from the root ball at the base of the main stem.
Snip off the brown flower heads.
Have you fed the plants recently? How much sun are they getting? Keep me posted. đŒ
5 years ago I bought a beautiful blooming mop head hydrangea from a reputable local garden center. After the first year, I decided it was not happy in the location I planted it in---so---I moved it. In the new location, it grew--but no flowers---and then horrible fungus and burned leaves from the sun---so---I moved it again. Last year it had 1 bloom---this year 2 blooms. I will say it's taking up a lot of space and I'm getting tired of it not blooming. I have an Anna Belle directly behind it that is loaded in blooms. Any suggestions?
Don't give up on it; sometimes it takes a few years for hydrangeas to flourish. How much sun is she getting? Morning is best. Check the food you are feeding it; the phosphorous number should be higher than nitrogen and potassium. Don't use manure as it is high in nitrogen and too much nitrogen prevents blossoms. You could try giving the plant a helping of compost; not manure. Water it deeply when you do water her. Have you done a hard springtime pruning? That can shock the plant and diminish blossom production. Also, avoid pruning her once her leaves fill out. That said, mopheads are more temperamental than Annabelle, which is a smooth hydrangea and blooms on new wood and can tolerate more sun. I am happy to report one of my hydrangeas, which only gave me two pitiful blossoms last year for the first time is loaded this year. She is in her fifth season so hang in there, yours might surprise you. I do hope i have helped you. Keep me posted and happy gardening. đž
@@TinthiaClemant In the beginning (first few years) I tried to follow your pruning advice and I understand that mopheads bloom on old wood and set their blooms in the fall for next year. When I created the bed it is in, I used a mixture of native soil, compost, manure, top soil, and peat moss mixed well with a tiller. I use soaker hoses to get a deep slow watering and do not overhead water. I'll give it a shot of super bloom water soluable food and see if that helps. I'm suspecting the hard freeze and ice we received in north Louisiana (zone 8b) after it broke bud could have impacted it in a negative way. I have not pruned it at all this year or last year so I could rule out pruning as an issue.
@@TinthiaClemant it gets morning sun till about 11::30 am, then it gets dappled sun/shade from the neighbor's giant oak trees.
@@Pipkin50 Hi, a hard frost after the plant broke dormancy could be the reason for no blooms. However, I suspect you might have too much nitrogen in your soil; especially learning you used manure. You could try testing your soil with a kit available at your local garden center to double check. I would test the soil before feeding. Then I would use some compost instead of plant food to feed her, if the test results reveal low phosphorus; the nutrient needed for blossom production. I await your results. đ
Iron deficiency?
That is a possible reason but one that must be tested by a lab, not best left to an at home test. Your local Master Gardening group would know where to send the soil. However, if the plant is being fed and the soil is amended with compost iron deficiency shouldn't be an issue. Getting on the leaves is typically the issue, although the weather we are having now, high humidity and high heat with rainy spells, is likely the reason for the current blossoming of brown leaves as these conditions encourage fungus. I'm seeing a ton of plants in my town with brown leaves. Happy gardening. đ»