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- If the oleander dried up, it was often watered incorrectly
- Properly pour during the winter months
- Frequent watering in winter quarters can also be harmful
- Ascochyta dry rot often occurs after the winter break
- How to save a dried up oleander
- Tips
Not always is a dried-up oleander still to save
If the oleander dried up, it was often watered incorrectly
The most common problems with oleander include dry skin damage, where leaves and shoots dry up and turn brown. This phenomenon is usually due to unsuitable - because too cold - overwintering and / or improper care during the winter months.
Properly pour during the winter months
Get your Oleander dry from the winter quarters, so you have probably either planted the plant too little or too much. Many hobby gardeners forget to water their hibernated plants from time to time - an often deadly mistake, because the oleander needs water even in the cold season. The rule is that the more often the water has to be cast, the warmer the shrub stands - at the same time the plant needs all the more light. but the colder it is in winter quarters, the darker it can be and the less moisture the oleander needs. If you are thinking about the thumb, you should supply bucket oil anchors about once a month at an average temperature of around five degrees Celsius.
Frequent watering in winter quarters can also be harmful
By the way, the plant can also dry up if it has been poured too much. Because then the roots are damaged and can no longer absorb water, which is why the above-ground parts eventually turn brown and die off.
Ascochyta dry rot often occurs after the winter break
On the other hand, the cause of a dry oleander does not necessarily have to be in the wrong casting behavior. Dried leaves and shoots can be traced back to an infection with the common in this bush Ascochyta dry rot in which first individual parts of the plant and finally the whole plant dies. This typical oleander disease often occurs after hibernation, but may also occur during the growing season. In general, only a strong pruning helps to healthy wood.
How to save a dried up oleander
Dried oleander can be saved only by a strong to radical pruning, because the already dried plant parts are dead and will not turn green or drive out. Before pruning, check if the plant is still alive - you can carefully scratch some shoots, if they are green, the shrub lives. Cut back the shrub and pot it with a new planter with a mixture of fresh substrate and slow-release fertilizer. Perform a root incision in advance, removing all brown roots.
Tips
Basically, oleander leaves, like rosemary needles, feel rather hard and rather dry. As long as they are green and look vital, this is perfectly normal - only with a discoloration in the brown is a dry damage.