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Half of Lavender Dying
MayDe in Oz
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Hi there, I have 2 pots of lavender planted at the same time. One of them is quite healthy but the other struggles quite a lot. Today it seems half of it is on the verge of dying. I've checked the soil, it's slightly moist from yesterday's watering. It's summer here in Australia so watering is every 2-3 days depending on weather. They get about 4-5 hours of morning to midday sun. The photo below (sorry it's sideways!) show the half healthy, half sad lavender...
1) I'm having problems identifying the issue, can anyone help?
2) Would cutting out the bad half save it?
Thank you!
May
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Zooming in on the compost in the pot it looks quite fibrous - lavender prefers a very free draining gritty soil-based growing medium so repotting it might make it happier
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sorry - Cut your losses and throw it out. Lavender is so cheap and easy to take cuttings from the other plant.
They also like a dressing of lime, believe it or not. That information was given to me by the old fellow who started that huge lavender farm in north east Tassie.