Re: hydrangea question
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] hydrangea question
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 21:11:11 -0400
My guess would be lack of water. Gully washers tend to roll right off the
top of the soil and penetrate little, esp. if the soil is brick hard and
dry - this even if the soil has been mulched. Had one the other day and
scraped back the mulch around some rose bushes and the soil was dry as dust
- and I've watered these suckers, too! Would suggest your new house owners
put a leaky hose around the plant and let it run until the soil is moist
over 6' down....they will need to do some probing to make sure.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: marilyn <marimuse@EARTHLINK.NET>
> Date: Sunday, August 22, 1999 5:53 PM
>
> but I do have a question....this actually came from the people who bought
my old
> house. I had a wonderful hydrangea, in a mostly shady spot, which it
seemed to be
> very happy in.... but the people who moved in sent me an email and asked
me what to
> do with it, since it apparently has bent way over and the boughs kind of
collapsed to
> the ground..... any idea why this might have happened? It never happened
to me
> before, I was wondering if it could have anything to do with the water
> situation.....We have had almost NO rain this summer, and the few times
that it
> rained, it just poured for a while, and then that was it.....anyway, I
was wondering
> if anyone might have an idea of what is happening, and why, and what to
do about
> it........thanks.
>
> Marilyn
