[Startingover]

Planted new crepe myrtle last month. 3 days ago trying to give it a boost I OD’ed on Miracle Grow. Leaves turned red!

Now I’m flooding it with water to wash away the MG. Maybe I should dig it up Hose off all soil and replant???

 

[SeniorSitizen]

Planted new crepe myrtle last month. 3 days ago trying to give it a boost I OD’ed on Miracle Grow. Leaves turned red!

Now I’m flooding it with water to wash away the MG. Maybe I should dig it up Hose off all soil and replant???


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QUOTE: Maybe I should dig it up Hose off all soil and replant???

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You almost hit the nail square on the head but struck a glancing blow and just bent it.:vs_laugh:


Replace it.:wink2:
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[Nik333]

Planted new crepe myrtle last month. 3 days ago trying to give it a boost I OD’ed on Miracle Grow. Leaves turned red!

Now I’m flooding it with water to wash away the MG. Maybe I should dig it up Hose off all soil and replant???


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Some are nurturers and some are surgeons. It takes all kinds.:smile:

 

[DoomsDave]

@Startingover!

Scream, holler, I think your little Lagerstromea indica's just fine.

A few little discolored leaves won't hurt anything.

Leave it be, let the colored ones fall off, and wait. It should grow. They're NOT easy to kill. I used to sell them to murderers all the time.

 

[DoomsDave]

If you used too much MG, it washes away. It almost never burns anything. Granular fert is sometimes another matter.

Don't worry! Show us when it blooms!

 

[Startingover]

Dave, you can answer a question. How do I know when my 3 cabbage palms are at the end of their life cycle? Since they have shallow roots I don’t want them getting old, weak and falling over on someone.

I really love my yard. I’ll put photos in an album one of these days. It quite ordinary but its a challenge growing anything in this sand without irrigation. Many things are planted for birds.

 

[DoomsDave]

Dave, you can answer a question. How do I know when my 3 cabbage palms are at the end of their life cycle? Since they have shallow roots I don’t want them getting old, weak and falling over on someone.

I really love my yard. I’ll put photos in an album one of these days. It quite ordinary but its a challenge growing anything in this sand without irrigation. Many things are planted for birds.

Hmm.

Sabal palmetto have a long LONG life cycle, from what I've heard measured in centuries.

They are not the type of things that just croak from what i've heard.

 

[Startingover]

Dave, oh, that’s good news. We like the rustling sound when there’s a strong wind.
Thanks

 

[Nik333]

Startingover- Growing up in California, we were taught in school that there was nothing but prairie in the valleys. Now, with irrigation & fertilizer, it produces most of the -



"The Central Valley of California is one of the world's most productive agricultural regions. More than 230 crops are grown there. On less than one percent of the total farmland in the United States, the Central Valley produces eight percent of the nation's agricultural output by value: US$43.5 billion in 2013."


You can do it!:smile:

 

[Startingover]

71 things in my yard. 19 came with the house. Rest I’ve planted. Looking at it this way I realize where my money and time have gone.

Instead of just planting things around the edge of my lawn like most people do I’ve made groupings in the middle of my lawn and it gives me more interesting places to walk but I know whenever I sell this house the first thing someone will do will be chopped down half the things I’m growing.