Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!timeinc!phri!pesnta!amd!amdcad!decwrl!kolling From: kolling@decwrl.UUCP (Karen Kolling) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: re: gardenias Message-ID: <2964@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 30-Jun-85 15:09:25 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.2964 Posted: Sun Jun 30 15:09:25 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 08:01:16 EDT Organization: DEC Western Research Lab, Los Altos, CA Lines: 11 I had to water my gardenias like a demon when they were first planted. They're surface rooters, so long deep watering is just wasted, they needed water dumped on them every day. After awhile I smartened up and mulched them and that let me cut down the wtaering to twice a week. Now that they've been established a few years they need much less water. The symptoms of not enough water were the leaves first turning yellow, then brown and dried. I also dump iron whatsis on them in the spring, to counteract the leaves turning yellow. Karen