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« on: August 01, 2009, 10:33:44 AM » |
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Hi,
I usually don't have a problem growing my Hibiscus, but this one is driving me nuts! Every year my Rainbow Sherbert gets frost-bit since it was planted in the ground, that happened again this year, so taking pity upon it, I put it in a pot. It's been months since I potted it, but still no leaves. It's still alive under there, but just won't get leaves. I fertilize it and water it just like I do all the others, I use HVH fertilizer and Miracle grow, I alternate them. My other plants are beautiful, except for my stick figure Rainbow Sherbert. What would your suggestion be for caring for this one, it's one of my all time favorites and I refuse to give up on it!
Thanks!...Lisa
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Nievesgirl
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« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2009, 10:38:23 AM » |
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Hi,
I usually don't have a problem growing my Hibiscus, but this one is driving me nuts! Every year my Rainbow Sherbert gets frost-bit since it was planted in the ground, that happened again this year, so taking pity upon it, I put it in a pot. It's been months since I potted it, but still no leaves. It's still alive under there, but just won't get leaves. I fertilize it and water it just like I do all the others, I use HVH fertilizer and Miracle grow, I alternate them. My other plants are beautiful, except for my stick figure Rainbow Sherbert. What would your suggestion be for caring for this one, it's one of my all time favorites and I refuse to give up on it!
Thanks!...Lisa
Hi Lisa , you should try wake up spray ! Look at my before and after thread in the care section. |
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Charlie
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« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2009, 11:08:18 AM » |
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Yes, Wake-up spray is what it now needs. Also, fif you have Growth Enhancer that is the other product that stimulates new shoot growth. Did you prune it at all after winter? Pruning also helps encourage the plant to leaf out and make new shoots.
Any photos of this or any other of your plants?
Charlie
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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2009, 03:02:06 PM » |
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Hi,
Thanks for the suggestions, I will try the wake-up spray. This poor plant had problems sprouting new leaves last season also. I always trim them when the weather has warmed. I don't know what it's problem is! I have posted a picture of my sad Rainbow Sherbert and some other, more abundant ones, which weren't offering much in the way of blooms, of course!
Thanks...Lisa
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« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2009, 03:10:49 PM » |
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Lisa the rest of your plants look great !
I bet this cv just can't take the cold ! what part of so cal are you from ?
I used to live in lakewood and my plants where fine in the winter in pots. My boy friend lives in san fernando valley and his mother wants some hibiscus but I don't think they will do well if put in the grow because it gets so cold at night during the winter months.
I think the wake up spray will get it back into shape. Maybe since its in a pot already bring this cv in when it starts to get cold.
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« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2009, 09:34:24 PM » |
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Lisa, those are really nice! I bet that black dragon is something to behold in full bloom. I am crossing my fingers for your RB sherbet.
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« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2009, 07:38:39 AM » |
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Thanks for the compliments! I can grow Hibiscus no problem, it's just that one!! I will try to get my Black Dragon blooming. It's 3 years old now and just getting huge, one day I had 13 blooms open on it! I live in Moreno Valley, and I haul every plant into our garage when we're expecting a freeze, that becomes a bigger job each year! The nights when it's just too cold or a light frost is actually predicted, I use Plankets and just group everyone together and cover them, the tips that touch the cover still get bit, but it keeps the rest of the plant safe. The ones like my Bridal Path are next to a garage wall that gets a west exposure, the heat that wall generates keeps those planted against it nice and toasty under their covers, even in a freeze!
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« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2009, 07:52:29 AM » |
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Hi Lisa,
Such beautiful plants, so lush and full! I can imagine the many blooms they must make once they get started.
The problem with Wake-up spray is that it needs to be absorbed to do any good. With only heavy wood available to spray it on I'm not sure how well it will absorb. Any ideas about that, Chris? Make sure you saturate any visible nodes with it, as that is where the action will come from. I've heard of bad reactions from soaking Wake-up into the soil but never tried it myself. As a last resort you might try a light dose in the soil. This is where the growth stimulators in Supernova could help since it is added to the soil and can work through the roots. I have seen it stimulate side buds to shoot out many times.
With cvs that are suspect it might be best to prune back only 2 of the 3 branches at one time, or even 1 at a time and wait for new growth on that one before pruning the others. In your current case I don't know if that was an option or not. If all 3 branches had already lost all leaves then it probably would not have helped but in cases where one branch still has some good leaves it would be safer to let that one alone until the others are growing back and then cut it.
Thanks for showing us those. I always wondered how you got them through the winter in Moreno Valley which I think is much like Valley Center where I used to live. It was too cold there to get hibiscus through the winter without protection. Anyway, great job all around!
Charlie
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« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2009, 08:46:22 AM » |
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Hmmm the only thing I can think of at this point is to take a needle and poke little holes in the wood, just deep enough to reach the green below the bark. Right after you finish making the hole, spray the wake up spray. That should get some it into the plant's circulatory system, and if it is not too far gone, it will hopefully rebound and start sending up growth. I'm crossing my fingers for you  |
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« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2009, 08:59:34 AM » |
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I think What Chris Suggested might work. I cut some wood off my plant to make sure it was alive then I sprayed the wake up spray on opening where I made the cut.
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« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2009, 06:20:34 PM » |
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Chris, you just reminded me of something Dale Dubin, hybridizer of Dragons Breath and othes, once told me. When he was in Japan he visited some monks who had a 100 year old potted hibiscus that was ill. He observed them injecting the plant with a hypodermic needle containing antibiotic of some sort. They told him they had kept the plant alive with such treatments in the past! Holes in the bark is not quite the same thing but it makes sense that if the hormone can reach the circulatory systems it should be effective at stimulating the plant. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right!
Charlie
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« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2009, 08:28:19 AM » |
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Ok, I finally got my Wake Up Spray ordered, and when it arrives I will try what you have suggested, I will let you know what happens! Thanks so much for all the advise!
Lisa
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« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2009, 11:22:42 AM » |
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Lisa, those are really nice! I bet that black dragon is something to behold in full bloom. I am crossing my fingers for your RB sherbet.
Here is my Black Dragon today, participating with lots of blooms! |
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« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2009, 11:25:30 AM » |
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OMG Lisa I am so jealous !!!!!
I can not wait to get mine maybe I will let it get big.
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