Hydrangeas

cat of curiosity

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Gardening has been arduous for me this year, I didn't realize how out of shape I'd gotten since my surgery. Being on limited activity during recovery really fucked me up.

Anyhoos, moving forward.. One of my hydrangeas is showing some distress and I'm hoping someone can help me identify and correct whatever is going on. Here's a pic..

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could be heat stress/lack of water....
 

roseypeach

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Its almost 2 a.m. and I'm to lazy to go to the garage lol. I forgot the name right off hand but i'll snap a pic of my bag later on this morning. Its something I got a Wal-Mart lmao
Cool beans :) I keep wanting to take some pictures of them but I never remember to take my camera outside. My blue one has pinkish and bluish blooms with some definite lavender coming through which I am contributing to the well water here. I believe either the iron content must be having some kind of affect on them because I've used the same fertilizer here.
 

roseypeach

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Thanks BB, that was very informative! I apologize for the late response, I didn't even see your post until just now. I have another plant not very far away that the previous tenant planted with a very bad fungal problem. So bad that I cut most of it way back because it was so tormented. I'll be mulching it tomorrow thanks to this read ;)
First guess is a ph problem. Too high...
I don't think that's it, we use the same water in our hydro grow and the ppm was 125 without nutrients added.

Btw that's a gorgeous hydrangea! very healthy and pretty :)

EDIT: @Chunky Stool I just spied a Nikko in the background of your pic. Sweet!! do you use additives to manage the pH for that it or are you just lucky enough to have the right soil?
 
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roseypeach

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it seems like any of those outside plants can use a dose of fungicide with the kind of weather we've been having especially in the Midwest. it's interesting how you can color change hydrangeas with soil additives/soil ph. Here's an article that explains that in depth

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/id.16258,y.2014,no.6,content.true,page.1,css.print/issue.aspx
Yeah its been very humid here, usually is in the foothills. I've never experienced weather like we have here back in Ga..lol

Thanks for sharing that with me!!! I figured there had to be a correlation to the pH since the label on the Nikko's says it preferred acid soil (makes sense, since it is called 'Niko Blue') I couldn't think of a better reason it would change, so thanks for helping me clear that mystery up! :)
 

roseypeach

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Chunky Stool

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Thanks BB, that was very informative! I apologize for the late response, I didn't even see your post until just now. I have another plant not very far away that the previous tenant planted with a very bad fungal problem. So bad that I cut most of it way back because it was so tormented. I'll be mulching it tomorrow thanks to this read ;)
I don't think that's it, we use the same water in our hydro grow and the ppm was 125 without nutrients added.

Btw that's a gorgeous hydrangea! very healthy and pretty :)

EDIT: @Chunky Stool I just spied a Nikko in the background of your pic. Sweet!! do you use additives to manage the pH for that it or are you just lucky enough to have the right soil?
Soil is fairly acidic here. I have to use lime every year just to keep my lawn alive.
 

roseypeach

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Got a couple of shots of my hydrangeas for you guys, maybe you can tell me if there's anything else I can do to help them along. I have no idea how the Coleus got in the first pot, I didn't plant any yet this year so I guess a little birdie dropped some seed in there :???:

I pinched some of the bad leaves off and made sure to soak them thoroughly twice a day for the last couple of weeks. The blue one is recovering and blooming but the pink one isn't even close yet. Hopefully the fertilizer I put on them yesterday will help them continue to recover nicely.

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You can see the damage to the leaves I was talking about. I'm chalking it up to the heat wave we had, it was so dry and hot (temps at and just over 100F). See all the new growth coming through? it looks tons better now.

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