Help with new wisteria owner.
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Help with new wisteria owner.
I have had a wisteria for 2 months and it got damaged by the bad hail storm a week or so ago. It gave me new leaves. And I cut the the older ones off. That seemed to help it a bit. It gets about 6 hrs of sun a day. Lots of water too. It doesn't seem to want to grow anymore. Could it be getting ready for winter?. It is getting slowly cooler.
If anyone could give me any help It would be great.
If anyone could give me any help It would be great.
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Re: Help with new wisteria owner.
I don't think the spag moss on the top is a good idea-long term damp could lead to trunk rot
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Re: Help with new wisteria owner.
Hi mate,
Your wisteria looks healthy and it's perfectly normal for them to put out a flush of growth and then stop growing.
I have a wisteria that lost it's leaves this year too, it grew new ones and has just been sitting there since.
Also, sphagnum moss around the trunk is not the best idea as it may cause rot - as has been stated. The trunks on these can rot fairly quickly if they remain wet.
Cheers,
Mo
Your wisteria looks healthy and it's perfectly normal for them to put out a flush of growth and then stop growing.
I have a wisteria that lost it's leaves this year too, it grew new ones and has just been sitting there since.
Also, sphagnum moss around the trunk is not the best idea as it may cause rot - as has been stated. The trunks on these can rot fairly quickly if they remain wet.
Cheers,
Mo
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Re: Help with new wisteria owner.
Yeah its very tough and can take a lot of punishment. Grows like a weed. It does like a lot of water to but likes to drain freely...
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Re: Help with new wisteria owner.
Ok thanks that's nice to know that it's fine. Should I take all the moss off or just the bit around the trunk?
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Re: Help with new wisteria owner.
I did just remove a ring of moss around the trunk. About an inch wide.
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Re: Help with new wisteria owner.
Depends how hot it gets mate, if the waters drying up from the surface of the soil too quick, then you'd need the sphagnum, otherwise its not doing much good. Especially if it's cooling down now.
Cheers,
Mo
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Re: Help with new wisteria owner.
Ok thanks. I did use it for the summer. It got a bit hot here. So maybe I'll take it off. I do have it on all bonsai except one which needs the occasional dry spell.
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Re: Help with new wisteria owner.
It finally put out 5 new leaves. Which was nice to see I'm surprised that it has not started to go into hibernation. The nights feel like autumn the days feel like summer still
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Re: Help with new wisteria owner.
How hard is it to graft a sapling wisteria onto my 5 year old wisteria? It's not looking to good. And I was wondering if grafting a new plant onto it will change the shape and bring it back a bit. As its growing into a cascading style and I want an upright style
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Re: Help with new wisteria owner.
Mate you'd rather train the sapling up and go from there rather than trying to graft onto sick stock.elljuu wrote:How hard is it to graft a sapling wisteria onto my 5 year old wisteria? It's not looking to good. And I was wondering if grafting a new plant onto it will change the shape and bring it back a bit. As its growing into a cascading style and I want an upright style
Whats wrong with the older one at the moment? Any pics?
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Re: Help with new wisteria owner.
Do you have a photo?elljuu wrote:How hard is it to graft a sapling wisteria onto my 5 year old wisteria? It's not looking to good. And I was wondering if grafting a new plant onto it will change the shape and bring it back a bit. As its growing into a cascading style and I want an upright style
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Re: Help with new wisteria owner.
No point grafting, too slow.elljuu wrote:How hard is it to graft a sapling wisteria onto my 5 year old wisteria? It's not looking to good. And I was wondering if grafting a new plant onto it will change the shape and bring it back a bit. As its growing into a cascading style and I want an upright style
Just wire it upright, or cut back past the cascading bit and regrow the top.
Ken
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