My Banksia needs help.

[Pup]

In need of some Iron Chelates.

Cheers Pup

Pup do you mean in general? Or specifically in order to fix the problem caused by the over fertilization?

I had a similar problem with one of my Banksia serratas, A banksia specialist nursery man from South West told me what the problem with mine was. I tried it and it has worked.

Cheers Pup

[Pearcy001]

Thanks you all for the help!

[Pearcy001]

Quick question guys.

Am I better off pulling off the dead leaves or leaving them be?

They don't seem to be wanting to fall off any time soon and I wasn't sure the tree would be giving them wasted energy in an attempt to mend?

Cheers.

[Pup]

Quick question guys.

Am I better off pulling off the dead leaves or leaving them be?

They don't seem to be wanting to fall off any time soon and I wasn't sure the tree would be giving them wasted energy in an attempt to mend?

Cheers.

I take mine off aesthetically nicer.

Cheers Pup

[Pearcy001]

Quick health update.

Great news guys, although I'm sure the tree is still low on strength it seems to be throwing buds everywhere!



Fingers crossed the recovery keeps on track.

Any suggestions on when to cut back hard after a fertilizer overdose? I'm guessing December but was considering doing it sooner since all the dead leaves seem to be the upper parts that I was going to chop anyway?

Cheers,
Pearcy.

[shibui]

Really pleased to see that it looks ok. These banksias are proving to be very resilient.
I would cut it back now. Seems a shame to let the tree waste valuable resources growing shoots that you will then cut off. Prune back now so that all of the limited resources go into making new growth that will benefit the tree.

[Pearcy001]

I would cut it back now.

Thanks for the confirmation Shibui. I didn't want to take the plunge without asking in case I was to damage it further.

Would you suggest a repot now when I cut it? Or wait until the warmer weather is more consistent?

[shibui]

Would you suggest a repot now when I cut it? Or wait until the warmer weather is more consistent?

Can't give a definite answer to that Pearcy. My instinct say it will probably be ok but last night was still quite cool here. Any other experience from others?

From past trials I know that I can repot banksia even when new shoots are growing so waiting will not cause more problems I hope.

[Pearcy001]

My instinct say it will probably be ok but last night was still quite cool here. Any other experience from others?

Thanks Shibui I'll wait a couple of days to see if anyone has some more input.

Nights here are at lowest around 9 degrees but anywhere up to 17 odd at the moment. I think I remember reading in a thread once it's best not to repot unless nights are at a constant low of 20?

Then again I could be wrong haha.

[Grant Bowie]

Best not to do a major foliage prune and repot at the same time.

Grant

[Pearcy001]

Pleasing update for this one.





Will probably give it that repot just after new years when the temperature is at its best.

Thanks greatly for the advice from those who helped me get this one back on track.

Cheers,
Pearcy.