One of my brugs has really huge leaves, but lately the leaves are curling up and the new leaves are smaller and curling as well.
Am I over-fertilizing it???
Curling Brug Leaves
You might check for those *#@@#$:( spidermites.
That's what my brugs look like so I sprayed them with neem oil.
I took your advice and sprayed it with Neem, just to be on the safe side!
Thanks!
Some of mine are doing that too.. I wondered about mites, but I thought broad mites did the curling thing. I guess I will get neem oil too!
Where do you get neem oil? Thank you, Bellie
Bellieg
I got mine at Lowes, but just about any garden center should have it.
Thank you!! Bellie
Spoon shaped leaves can mean too much of the middle number listed on your fertilizer. If it's Broad mites it'll take more than neem to kill them. A light infestation of spider mites can be killed with neem but usually takes multiple applications and absolute covering of the leaves, upper and underside surfaces. Good luck, which ever it turns out to be.
Mary
The possible causes are mind boggling! The fert I was using was 10-52-10, so your diagnosis can also be correct.
I've applied Neem and am putting it on a water-only diet. ;-)
Spider mites live/feed on the underside of the leaves, which damages the cell walls and stunts growth. The cell walls on the top of the leaf are undamaged, which makes it try to grow normally. Combine the two and you have your curling leaves.
An 5-10-20 fertilizer contains
5 percent, by weight, nitrogen,
10 percent phosphorous and
20 percent potassium or potash.
Nitrogen is responsible for good vigorus green leaves
Phosphorous is responsible for rooting and blooming
Potassium helps with the fruiting and blooming.
Kenanne, are you suggesting a 5-10-20 fert for brugs?
I thought the top number was for leaves, the second for flowers and the 3rd for roots? Do I have it all wrong? :-(
I'm having the same problem with the brug and datura and can find nothing on them. I have assumed that it is the 30 something inches of rain we have had at my place since late May. Rain again today.
Teresa
The reference to the 5-10-20 is just for ease of numbers. Sorry for the confusion.
If you want, you could google "FERTILIZER NUMBERS" and that will give you a number of sites to explain the numbers and what you may want to adjust (if anything).
My personal opinion is that you are not over fertilizing.
Good luck
LouC
Yes 30 some inches of rain could make the leaves turn yellow and drop.