to your ? about Nematodes it is a powder that is put in a watering can or sprayer and watered onto the gound or sprayed they are tiny micros that live in the soil and kill sertain bugs eg slug eggs and there fore help to control them.As for the rhododendron if the plant is ok and you dont mind the holes then leave it but you mite not get flowers next year if they eat the new flower buds now forming.i think better to have flowers to feed the butterflys in summer and let them lay eggs someware eles.
Changing the subject slightly, can you prune a rhododendron. I have a very large one in very large pot that igetting woody and not flowering on a regular basis
Help please! bought a beautiful small rhododendron from the local nursery earlier this year which flowered profusely. However, since the the flowers have died and the new shoots have gained growth ALL the old leaves have turned brown and dropped off leaving the original stems bare. The plant now looks very straggly and even some of the new shoots are struggling to survive. The plant is in a pot with ericaceous soil so I don't know what I have done wrong. Any advice most welcome
I have a rhododendron which is a small variety. It was in a pot but not doing well so planted it out. Since then it has done much better but the only thing I found in that long dry spell is the leaves turned yellow and fell off. I watered profusely over several days (hard tap water though as it's too far for me to carry a can!) and it has recovered beautifully. New leaves etc. it previously flowered well so obviously was just thirsty! I know they don't love too much sun and it doesn't get it but obviously not enough rain either this year.
PS Nemaslug every six weeks is fantastic in veg beds.
Concerning the leaves been eaten, l could do with some help. I have mine in a large pot placed on a table so 3 foot off ground. The leaves are been eaten, not nust edges but further into the center. The buds are huge and it has started to flower. However it is the culprit that is frustrating me. To complicate things around the base of the pot on the table are feaces the size of say a hamster mouse. Can anyone suggest a culprit.
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hi and thanks for the replay.
to your ? about Nematodes it is a powder that is put in a watering can or sprayer and watered onto the gound or sprayed they are tiny micros that live in the soil and kill sertain bugs eg slug eggs and there fore help to control them.As for the rhododendron if the plant is ok and you dont mind the holes then leave it but you mite not get flowers next year if they eat the new flower buds now forming.i think better to have flowers to feed the butterflys in summer and let them lay eggs someware eles.
Changing the subject slightly, can you prune a rhododendron. I have a very large one in very large pot that igetting woody and not flowering on a regular basis
Help please! bought a beautiful small rhododendron from the local nursery earlier this year which flowered profusely. However, since the the flowers have died and the new shoots have gained growth ALL the old leaves have turned brown and dropped off leaving the original stems bare. The plant now looks very straggly and even some of the new shoots are struggling to survive. The plant is in a pot with ericaceous soil so I don't know what I have done wrong. Any advice most welcome
I have a rhododendron which is a small variety. It was in a pot but not doing well so planted it out. Since then it has done much better but the only thing I found in that long dry spell is the leaves turned yellow and fell off. I watered profusely over several days (hard tap water though as it's too far for me to carry a can!) and it has recovered beautifully. New leaves etc. it previously flowered well so obviously was just thirsty! I know they don't love too much sun and it doesn't get it but obviously not enough rain either this year.
PS Nemaslug every six weeks is fantastic in veg beds.
Concerning the leaves been eaten, l could do with some help. I have mine in a large pot placed on a table so 3 foot off ground. The leaves are been eaten, not nust edges but further into the center. The buds are huge and it has started to flower. However it is the culprit that is frustrating me. To complicate things around the base of the pot on the table are feaces the size of say a hamster mouse. Can anyone suggest a culprit.