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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Loretta on June 19, 2007, 00:28:39

Title: yellow leaves on brugmansia
Post by: Loretta on June 19, 2007, 00:28:39

Hi, new here, hope you can help.  Have two Brugmansia for the first time.  One pink and one yellow.  One in a southern exposure and one in a western exposure.  Both are getting very yellow leaves.  Old leaves and new leaves.  Both relatively young plants.   Making sure they have enough water. Cannot see any obvious insects???  Need advice.  Love the plants. don't want to lose them.  Thanks!  Loretta

Title: Re: yellow leaves on brugmansia
Post by: Baaaaaaaa on June 19, 2007, 01:39:00

Try http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/ 

'Walnut' is a Brugmansia expert. If anyone knows, he will.

Title: Re: yellow leaves on brugmansia
Post by: Slug_killer on June 19, 2007, 11:12:09

Try a high nitrogen feed, that mey well green it up.
Or perhaps a dose of epsom salts would help the plant get some iron.

I generally feed mine once a week with a balanced feed (Growmore, chicken poo)  and its appeas to be quite happy.

Title: Re: yellow leaves on brugmansia
Post by: Amazin on June 23, 2007, 22:49:47

I use sequestered iron, sprinkled on the surface and watered in.

I also give mine a regular coffee-ground-and-teabag mulch (my own recipe!) and they perk up wonderfully - incidentally, I also use this on my citrus fruits, blueberries, etc - works a treat.