Content
- Useful first aid measures for dried lavender
- Dryness due to insufficient water
- Lavender dries up especially in winter
- Dryness caused by waterlogging
- Check stems
- Tips & Tricks
Useful first aid measures for dried lavender
When the lavender turns brown and looks dried, many gardeners reflexively reach for the watering can. However, this can even lead to the death of the plant, because the Mediterranean shrub can dry up for two reasons: on the one hand because he was not watered enough and also because due to too frequent and wrong waters the roots rot. Therefore, you should first do cause research and then take the appropriate measures.
Dryness due to insufficient water
In our latitudes it is rare that lavender dries up due to a drought. Garden plants are little endangered in summer, as they develop a broad and deep rooting system that can bring the required moisture out of the ground even in hot summers. Nevertheless, you should keep an eye on your planted lavender during periods of prolonged drought. If the plants let the leaves hang, it is time for a torrent from the watering can. Due to dehydration is much more endangered Topflavendel, which must actually be regularly poured - but only if the soil is already superficially dried.
Lavender dries up especially in winter
However, lavender does not dry up - as one would expect - only in hot summer, but especially in winter. In particular, the combination of sun and frost endangers the plants, as the sun lets the necessary moisture evaporate before the leaves can absorb them. Nevertheless, you should only water if the ground is not frozen through.
Dryness caused by waterlogging
Far more common than too little, the lavender dries up due to too much water. At first glance this seems absurd - after all, how can a plant dry up, even though it is cast? The riddle of the solution is as follows: too much water and waterlogging cause root rot, which means that the roots can not or no longer absorb sufficient water and transfer it to the above-ground parts of the plant. The result is that the lavender dries up even though the roots have literally drowned. The plants can sometimes be rescued by repotting or transplanting them.
Check stems
But how do you recognize what form of drought it is? This is relatively easy to determine by looking closely at some stems and carving them. If the lavender is dried up due to insufficient water, the stems are also brown inside. In contrast, if there is a root rot, the stems are often still green inside.
Tips & Tricks
Although lavender needs little water, but freshly planted shrubs should still be poured regularly and above all directly at the root. Their roots have not yet anchored sufficiently in the soil and are therefore not able to absorb enough moisture.
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