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Habiscus

soniabutler1soniabutler1 Posts: 15
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Is there any one out there with the solution to my 6 ft habiscus outdoor naturally. Its fertilized with habiscus fertilizer looked after so well, Starts well with plenty of green leaves, as soon as buds start forming, some leaves start turning yellow and dropping off, next when the flowers start to form they drop off. There are no bugs or mites, or ants. I have a windmill to stop birds pecking, I spray with a bug spray to stop bees nibbling.  I try everything that I can think of, and every year am heartbroken when all the buds fall off, Please does any one no why this happens.
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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Is it in the soil or a pot?
    Is it in the sun or shade?
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Habiscus? What are they?
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I wonder if you’re being too interventionist. My hibiscus flowers pretty well and, since the day it was planted, it has seen not a scintilla of hibiscus fertiliser (I did not know such a thing existed), no insecticide, and definitely no windmills. 

    Maybe simply apply organic compost to the soil next year and let nature achieve a balance.
    Rutland, England
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited July 2023
    Hibiscus fertiliser for hibiscus, Azalea fertilise for azaleas, rose fertiliser for roses ...  Is there no end?  Try no fertliser, unless you identify a real rather than an imagined, commercially provoked one.

    " looked after so well,"  are you over-feeding yourself as well?  Fat and unhealthy adults , children and plants?
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    How very rude bede, please apologise to the poster. Do you never stop? 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    @soniabutler1 - I see you had this problem before. Can you post a photo so that people who grow hibiscus can help further? It may well be down to location and climate, but there could be other factors such as the site and the soil. 
    @Ceres has also made a very good comment re spraying - there is no point unless you know the reasons for any damage, and someone suggested last year that there could be leaf cutter bees which will not harm your plant in any way, other than removing a bit of foliage. Far more likely to harm other beneficial insects [and bees] by spraying.  :)

    @BenCotto has also given useful advice, and @fidgetbones has asked a relevant question, but just ignore the childish/rude comments.  It's important you respond to the advice and queries though, or no one will be able to help further  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • soniabutler1soniabutler1 Posts: 15
    What a pleasant bunch you are in Gardeners World. won't be asking advice from you lot again. I have tried letting nature take its course for several years and most leaves and buds dropped off.. I tried all the remedies suggested by genuine intelligent not rude gardeners without any success , so hoped some one out there knew of another reason. Won't have anything to do with Gardeners World again
  • soniabutler1soniabutler1 Posts: 15
    We have a bee colony so I know about bees, I do not spray the bees spraying the plant stops them going on there. My very large garden gives them plenty of other options
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited July 2023
    Can you answer @fidgetbones' question though?
    We have no way of knowing where you are or how you're growing the plant. That's why a photo would be very helpful   :)
    I don't know of any product that would prevent bees using a plant though. Can you give us the name of that too?
    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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