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- When the loquat is showing frost damage
- Effects and damage pictures
- Cutting measures and care
- prevention
The loquat is good hardy
When the loquat is showing frost damage
The spring is in the starting blocks, but the loquat leaves its leaves hanging. Brown leaves are often the result of frost damage. Now you need to feel good, so that the shrub expels again. But frost damage can be prevented by proper care.
Effects and damage pictures
Glossy medlars need water as evergreen shrubs even in winter. The liquid evaporates over the leaves. In the direct winter sun, the evaporation effect is even stronger. If the deeper soil layers freeze during long-lasting frosts, then the roots can not absorb water. The plant gets drought stress.
Frost damage is manifested either by spotty discoloration on the leaves, or by completely brown and withered foliage. The longer the frosty temperatures continue, the more intense the drought stress. In case of severe dehydration buds dry out. Young shoots and branches can die off.
Cutting measures and care
Remove the dried leaves and observe to what extent the drought stress shows. If you do not notice any growth on the shoots in the spring, remove them. Dead branches are recognized by the fact that the wood under the bark is no longer fresh green but brown. Glossy medlars are very good cut tolerant and known that they drive out of the old wood. Often a radical pruning down to the old wood after a frost damage is the only solution. To support the renewal, you should fertilize the plant.
prevention
Fertilize the plants in the spring. Glossy medlar uses the nutrients for growth. In the middle of June, the preparations for the winter already begin. The tissue matures and hardens. Late fertilization with nitrogen leads to new sprouts, whereby the fresh shoots can not harden until winter. They are soft and more susceptible to frost damage. Instead, give your plant a potash fertilizer made from wood ash in August. This measure supports the woody plants when maturing their shoots. Only plant lavender in spring and not in autumn. So the young plants have enough time to build root mass and train their shoots.
How to protect the shrubs in winter: