Help! is my chinese dogwood dying? I have a unmarked home with a untried garden, typically the...
I have a unmarked home with a untried garden, typically the soil is very chalky, full of stones and rubble etc, I enjoy taken out as much as physically possible, added compost and manure, and planted my investigational dogwood about 4 weeks ago. It seem to be doing ok, I watered it in dry weather, its surrounded by a sunny spot but not all of the light of day, and i fed it miracle grow at the weekend. I notice 2 days ago that some of the leaves (about 2%) had started to turn shadows green, almost black, from the outeredges, and it seems to be working its bearing in and i suspect the full leaf will die. The dogwood is solely about 5 foot high, so not ample. Anyone know whats happening, or where on earth im going wrong?
Answers: It is possible that your Dogwood may have anthracnose disease - this is a fungi. Symptoms on infected leaves continuum from tiny dead spots to colossal circular or irregular dead blotches, depending on the tree species. Dead areas are black, brown, or purple and infected areas are repeatedly found along the veins and midrib of the fern. The dead areas may merge until the intact leaf dies. As your Dogwood have just be moved it is possible that it succumbed whilst in shock. As it's a fungi, it is treatable next to a chemical mixture of hydrated lime, copper sulfate, and water (4-4-50), set as Bordeaux mixture which is available from most garden centres. Make sure your plant have plenty of circulating air and verbs up all jetsam and burn it until the fungus has gone. I do hope it get better - good luck :-)
It could of late be transplant shock. The Kousa (Chinese) Dogwoods are much more resistant to the diseases of the florida dogwoods. Without being competent to see it, I'm going to assume that the trouble is just transplant shock. Continue to dampen is slow & deep something like every week in hot weather, every 2 weeks within cool weather, for the first season. And cross your fingers.