Rob81
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Joined: Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:16 pm
Location: Melbourne

Help with Lavender plants dying

Hi everyone, wish my first post on here could be under better circumstances:

I'm having a drama with the lavender plants in my front garden (Lavender Avonview)

I recently added fertilizer for the first time ever (Rooster Booster) and now:

The leaves are turning yellow on some newly added plants

Ive had two older plants (about 5 years old) die completely and some slightly younger (4-ish years old) plants are drooping and parts dying off.

Is it possible I've made the soil too acidic?

I've always mulched the lavender with bark etc (I recently found out that this isnt ideal for Lavender) but never had a problem.

I don't know for sure if there is a link with this problem and the fertilizer, but it seems more than just a coincidence!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks, Rob.

bullthistle
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Joined: Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:26 am
Location: North Carolina

Without seeing the soil it seems as though they are getting too much moisture unless fertilizer got on the plants. Lavender needs a well drained soil. Bark mulch will pull nitrogen out of the soil so you did the right thing.



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