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| About the Author Peter91 North Plympton 17th June 2015 11:20pm #UserID: 11892 Posts: 111 View All Peter91's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Peter91 says... Hi, I recently bought a new batch of Guava plants from an online nursery, Mexican, Hawaiian and Thai varieties. The Mexican variety seems to be doing ok, but the Thai for a 50cm plant came with almost no leaves, apart from 6-9 total at the very top and bottom of the plant, some of those having brown damage, is this normal for this variety? When I emailed the nursery they just said "they lose their leaves at this time and nothing else", Yet an Indian Guava I have from another place has full foliage with only minimal red tints to the leaves. I used seasol on all the seedlings when I repotted them into bigger pots and they don't really seem to be improving at all, yet my Indian is doing absolutely fine still. I've uploaded a Photo of the Hawaiian type too which doesn't seem to look like it's doing well, in general could it just be that i've been given relatively sick/diseased plants? When I asked for advice I was simply told "it should be ok", seems very unprofessional to me, almost as if they'd sold off the plants, were done with it and didn't care about the condition. | About the Author Peter91 North Plympton 17th June 2015 11:22pm #UserID: 11892 Posts: 111 View All Peter91's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Waterfall WATERFALL,2233,NSW 18th June 2015 10:34am #UserID: 10026 Posts: 422 View All Waterfall's Edible Fruit Trees |
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A.C says... Ive got a Mexican Guava in a pot,which has struggled for the last six months with leaves with brown margins and little new new leaf growth.Better find out what ph the soil is and what range these plants prefer.I added a tablespoon of sulphur to the potting mix and has now strong new leaf growth.The potting mix must be a bit on the sandy side. Dont overdo it with seaweed fertilisers.They contain salt.On previous occasions I have given it zinc and maganese solutions and sprinkled lime powder (calcium) into topsoil. | About the Author AC1 HILTON,5033,SA 19th June 2015 6:53pm #UserID: 8055 Posts: 103 View All AC1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Peter91 says... A.C, the thing is my Mexican Guava is one of the ones doing relatively well, it's mostly the Hawaiian and Thai that's struggling, I'm hoping it's just a combination of transit and cold weather in Adelaide currently. I noticed you live pretty close actually, what nurseries do you usually go to for fruit plants? And could you recommend a fertilizer to use on the Guava's? Are there any recommended that I can just walk into a store and purchase? | About the Author Peter91 North Plympton 19th June 2015 8:29pm #UserID: 11892 Posts: 111 View All Peter91's Edible Fruit Trees |
