How to save them from death

Why does the hydrangea care?

Thrives hydrangea not correct, this can have various causes:

• Pests
• Fungal diseases
• Waterlogging
• dryness

First, examine the plant thoroughly Vermin. Have Spider mites or lice settle in, they deprive the plant of the essential nutrients and it wither away. Stronger too Fungal attack can be the cause of the poor growth.

remedy

Both pests and fungi can be combated well with commercially available agents.

Root rot due to waterlogging

If your hydrangea wilts after having been watered regularly, you probably meant it too well. Even though the hydrangea needs a lot of water, it is very sensitive to constant waterlogging of the root ball. Is the Hydrangea too wet, this leads to a lack of oxygen and fungi settle in the root area, which destroy the roots. The fine lifelines can no longer absorb water and the hydrangea withers.

remedy

Carefully remove the hydrangea from its pot and examine the roots. Healthy

root look white and feel crisp. Roots affected by rot, on the other hand, are mushy and brown.

• Carefully remove the no longer viable roots so as not to damage the healthy root system.
• Place the hydrangea in a new planter with a large water drainage hole, which you cover with a pottery shard.
• First, fill in a drainage layer Expanded clay(€ 16.36 at Amazon *) in the pot so that excess water is absorbed and drained off.
• plants Put the hydrangea in fresh substrate, preferably rhododendron soil.
• In future, do not water until the top centimeters of the soil feel dry and pour away excess water in the saucer after 15 minutes.

The hydrangea usually recovers quickly from this water stress and sprouts again after one to two weeks.

The hydrangea has dried up

If the earth feels bone dry and the hydrangea lets the leaves hang limply, it suffers from a lack of water. If this continues over a longer period of time, the leaves dry out completely and fall off.

remedy

• If the leaves are completely dry, the hydrangea must be cut back into the lush wood.
• Place potted plants in a bucket filled with water and immerse until no more air bubbles rise.
• Flood free-range hydrangeas.

If the hydrangea had to be shortened severely, you will probably have to do without flowers this season. Nevertheless, the plants usually recover quickly, the foliage looks fresh and green again and the hydrangea sprouts again.

Tips & Tricks

Even Hydrangeas outdoors are sensitive to waterlogging. For this reason, a drainage layer made of coarse sand and gravel is recommended for loamy substrates.