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Old 01-07-2014, 12:21 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Default Re: Blackening leaves in heatwave

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Originally Posted by brod View Post
Having just experienced the heat wave myself I would say it's sunburn. If your soil is well drained it almost impossible to over water. If the soil is water logged and not draining they will suffer. We only had 42c and there was some leaf burn. With the rain we had yestreday they should bounce back. Good luck
Thanks Brod, I really think that was the issue since I had leaf burn on a large number of shade plants too. It has been so dry that a Leopard tree that normally protects the shade garden looks as if it is not long for this world. Thankfully we had really strong storms last night with good rains. Today is much cooler, so I will use Seasol on it all tonight and fingers crossed they will make a come-back.

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