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Old bougie help

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my favourite bougie has been having alot of issues this year. last year some of the leafs turned yellow so when i went to the garden store i asked the lady and she said it needs fertiliser. but this year its really sick all new growth is yellow and most buds havent even pushed out. i bought a ph tester thinking the ph in the soil was too highand i had an iron deffiency but i got a reading of 5. So im stumped can someone give me some advice i dont want this tree to die its very special.
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It looks hungry. When was the last repot?

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Shes flowering profusely, which probably isn't a bad sign. It could be an iron deficiency...
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last spring
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I haven't got a bougie but I'm guessing they would be gross feeders are they. Last spring wasn't that long ago. Does it get plent of food. Liquid or other?

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ive been using pellitised chicken manure in tea bags as i didnt want to clog my mix. with occasional nitrosol n seasol. but wen it got really bad i went out to buy some troforte M n added some volcanic rock dust to get some trace elements in there but idk how long it takes to work. i also have iron sulphate but i want to find out if it is an iron defiency before i add it in. water once a day sometimes every 2 depending on weather.
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Could be the chook poo, it may be to alkali for the bougie.
Just a thought anyway as we have alkaline soil here and chook poo is a big no no.
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Re: Old bougie help

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what brand of chook poo?
I use Neutrog sudden impact on all my trees includign Bougy and Azlaea and have great sucess.

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Re: Old bougie help

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terrafirm i think i bought it on special at enfield yeh thanx guys i might change fert cuz i never had this issue before
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