symmetric little tree diagram with horizontal offshoot and dark fleeceable foliage . Upright and thin . Male . Requires little maintenance . Very tough plant .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove shrub from container and gently freestanding roots . Position in inwardness of hole , best side facing onward . Fill in with original soil or an amended intermixture if necessitate as described above . For large bush , build up a piddle well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant life is ball - and - burlapped , take fasteners and pen up back the top of natural burlap , gather it down into gob , after you ’ve positioned bush . check that that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during red-hot , dry period . If synthetic gunny , remove if potential . If not potential , cut aside or make incision to give up for rootage to develop into the young soil . For larger shrub , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is unornamented - etymon , look for a stain somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the grease dividing line was . If grease is too sandy or too clayey , sum up organic matter . This will aid with both drainage and urine holding capacitance . Fill soil , firm just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and irrigate well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant smorgasbord and provide maximum gentle wind circulation . Clean up all debris , especially around plant that have had a trouble . Do not irrigate from command processing overhead and water only during the sidereal day so that works will have enough time to dry out before night . employ a antimycotic agent tag for rust on your plant . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature form of moth and butterflies . They are voracious feeders assail a wide salmagundi of plants . They can be extremely destructive and are characterized as folio feeders , root word borer , leaf rollers , cutworm and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , sentinel single plants and remove caterpillars , apply label insecticides such as grievous bodily harm and petroleum , take advantage of lifelike foeman such as epenthetic wasps in the garden and expend Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar specie . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that applies to various larvae ( of moth , beetles , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf surfaces , go out a classifiable , squiggly pattern . A distaff grownup can lay several hundred egg inside the leaf which hatch and give rise to miners . Leaf miners attack ornamentals and veggie .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout private plants for tell - tale squiggles . pluck and destroy these leaves and take advantage of natural enemy such as bloodsucking wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide nebulizer when most beneficial for controlling the specific foliage miner . Seek a professional recommendation and follow all label procedures to a teeing ground . * GDD number should be uncommitted from your local Cooperative Extension authority .
