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Transplant Shock Duration
Posted on 8/16/23 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 8/16/23 at 12:45 pm
Can it last years?
I planted five 7gallon gardenias (August Beauties) almost three years ago, they were great off the truck, but three of them started to look like shite fairly shortly after I planted them, and only in the last couple of weeks have they started to look healthy. I had given up on them and was shopping for something to replace them with. Can transplant shock really last that long?
I planted five 7gallon gardenias (August Beauties) almost three years ago, they were great off the truck, but three of them started to look like shite fairly shortly after I planted them, and only in the last couple of weeks have they started to look healthy. I had given up on them and was shopping for something to replace them with. Can transplant shock really last that long?
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Posted on 8/16/23 at 1:09 pm to deeprig9
The old saying is plants sleep, creep and then leap the first 3 years in the ground.
That being said gardenias are really picky about soil and drainage (and light).
Growing gardenias
That being said gardenias are really picky about soil and drainage (and light).
Growing gardenias
Posted on 8/16/23 at 1:43 pm to tigeroarz1
End of last summer my neighbor let me have a couple buckets full of the cutlings from his 6' tall hedge of gardenias.
I rooted them in water vases and babied them all winter and planted about 25 into the ground earlier this spring.
They are doing awesome, even flowered later in the spring.
Now I have 5 plants (consecutively in the row) that appear to be losing the battle to the heat.
I gave them all some osmocote plus when I first planted, nothing but water since.
Im wondering if the "dead" ones will revive? weird that there are healthy ones all around, but those 5 in a row decided to decline.
any thoughts or help would be appreciated.
I rooted them in water vases and babied them all winter and planted about 25 into the ground earlier this spring.
They are doing awesome, even flowered later in the spring.
Now I have 5 plants (consecutively in the row) that appear to be losing the battle to the heat.
I gave them all some osmocote plus when I first planted, nothing but water since.
Im wondering if the "dead" ones will revive? weird that there are healthy ones all around, but those 5 in a row decided to decline.
any thoughts or help would be appreciated.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 2:37 pm to deeprig9
a 7 gallon transplant wont take 3 years to heal itself. your problem is likely in your soil. consider getting it tested
Posted on 8/16/23 at 3:39 pm to Warwick
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a 7 gallon transplant wont take 3 years to heal itself. your problem is likely in your soil. consider getting it tested
Nothing about the soil has changed in 3 years, why just now they are starting to look good, suddenly?
Posted on 8/16/23 at 8:16 pm to deeprig9
Weird they’re looking good for the first time in 3 years while we’re in the middle of a drought.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 8:39 pm to sledgehammer
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Weird they’re looking good for the first time in 3 years while we’re in the middle of a drought.
I agree. I'm not in LA, but we haven't had a normal amount of rain in GA either. Some, but below normal in my particular location. These three bushes just suddenly started springing new branches and leaves after three years.
Posted on 8/19/23 at 9:10 am to deeprig9
Gardenia's will grow easily but will indicate mineral deficiencies and look sickly. You have to give them the right food every year.
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