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emma.cuthbertemma.cuthbert Posts: 4
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Hi, I seem to suddenly have a problem with my Ribes sanguineum! The plant has grown beautifully all spring and until a few days ago and now all the leaves are turning yellow, curling up and falling off. I have attached a picture. Any advice would be much appreciated as I love this plant. 

Thank you in advance
Emma

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  • HelixHelix Posts: 631
    Is it too dry?  Or hungry?
  • emma.cuthbertemma.cuthbert Posts: 4
    It can't be thirsty as water it every day in the heat, maybe she needs a feed? 

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    How much water do you give it?  A dribble or a bucketful?
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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    Plato
  • emma.cuthbertemma.cuthbert Posts: 4
    The sprinkler so a large amount.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2020
    Try giving it two buckets full of water every other evening, for ten days. 
    Pour it gently over the root area so that it soaks in. After the ten days mulch the area around the shrub with garden compost. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • WilderbeastWilderbeast Posts: 1,415
    That does look like the effects of drought stress. Sprinklers aren't very good for watering, much better to put a can of water directly on the rootball 
  • emma.cuthbertemma.cuthbert Posts: 4
    Ok, I will water it more and see what happens. The only thing I worry about is our soil is more like clay and a fair few plants have drowned in this spot.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's hard to overwater those  :)
    It's dropping foliage to try and conserve enough moisture for the rest of the foliage.
    If you have clay - remember that in these long dry spells, clay becomes very dried out, unless it's had enough organic matter added to it. That organic matter [leaf mould, compost, manure etc]  also helps with better drainage too, as it improves the soil structure.
    If there isn't enough water available, the plant becomes stressed and drops foliage. If you water thoroughly, as described by the others, the roots get down deep enough, and the plant will then access water more easily in future by itself. Shallow watering leads to shallow rooting, so you can actually make the problem worse :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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