Long road ahead....
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Long road ahead....
They both started new growth quickly after water, a bit of seasol and juice from a worm farm. There was a hot day recently and the new growth has gone 'fuzzy' but still seem to be growing? Haven't done a bottlebrush before but loved their starved roots so any advice would be appreciated. -Cheers
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Re: Long road ahead....
G'day mate, the hot spell frazled some of the new shoots on a couple of my trees including a Bottlebrush. I wouldn't worry too much ,just keep up the water and place in a shady location ,hopefully they start shooting again in a few weeks,i wouldn't worry about seasol or anything, they'll do fine without it ,
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i should of been more specific , not total shade , more like a shady spot with filtered sun light(thru garden trees or shadecloth),
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Re: Long road ahead....
Craig has given some good advice there, however I would be more specific it NEEDS heaps of water.
When they go the colour you have that is what they are lacking. Callistemons are very thirsty beasties.
Cheers Pup
When they go the colour you have that is what they are lacking. Callistemons are very thirsty beasties.
Cheers Pup
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thought i had mentioned it alreadyPup wrote:however I would be more specific it NEEDS heaps of water.
Craig wrote:just keep up the water
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Re: Long road ahead....
Nice bright green new shoots coming out now from branches and trunk, thanks for the tips
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abnormal wrote:Nice bright green new shoots coming out now from branches and trunk, thanks for the tips
As I said HEAPS of water
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