AT A GLANCE
What to do with brown leaves on an azalea?
What does it mean when the azalea turns brown leaves?
If the leaves of the azalea turn brown, this can happen problem have several causes:
- The plant receives too little water and dries up.
- The leaf spot disease is behind it. It is caused by various fungi, viruses or bacteria.
- If the edges of the azalea leaves turn brown or yellow, this can be due to an iron deficiency (chlorosis).
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Examine your plant thoroughly to find out the cause and take the right action.
What can I do if my azalea has dried up?
Are the leaves of the azalea brown and dried up, you should check the plant soil. To do this, stick your finger about two to three centimeters deep into the soil. If the soil is dry here, the plant suffers from a lack of water. To save the azalea, you should save her
lots of water as soon as possible but avoid waterlogging. Treat azaleas in pots or tubs rainwater immersion bath. If no more air bubbles rise after about ten minutes, the root ball has become saturated.How can I save my azalea from chlorosis?
Show yellow to brown edges on the leaves, the azalea suffers from iron deficiency. This is caused due to an excessive lime content in the irrigation water and in the plant soil. The Earth Can you upgrade. To do this, mix the existing soil with sand and compost. In this way, you adjust the pH of the soil to the needs of the azalea. It prefers acidic soil for optimal nutrient uptake.
Ideally, prevent iron deficiency by drinking low-lime water, ideally rainwater, pour.
Azalea Has Brown Spots - Is That Leaf Spot Disease?
Leaf spot disease is characterized by round or oblong, yellow, brown to black spots out of. she will caused by various fungi, viruses and bacteria. If you discover an infestation, you must act quickly. Cut Cut off all affected parts of the plant with clean pruning shears and dispose of them in the household waste. Do not compost them under any circumstances, otherwise the pathogens will spread to other plants. Strengthen the plant with a home-made nettle brew to provide the azalea with sufficient nutrients.
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If you take good care of your azalea, you will be rewarded with a hardy and disease-resistant plant
To prevent damage to your azalea, you should always take good care of it. Azaleas come from humid mountain forests. Therefore, they always like it moist (but absolutely avoid waterlogging), relatively cool (modern breeds also survive European summers well) and shady without direct sunlight. However, since there are numerous breeds of azalea, each type has its own characteristics, which you can find out from your specialist retailer.