How do you care for Otto Luyken laurels?
How to Care for Otto Luyken Laurel Plants Plant your Otto Luyken laurel in an area featuring well-drained, loamy soil and full sun to partial shade. Water the Otto Luyken weekly to a depth of 10 to 12 inches during the first growing season. Spread a 2- to 3-inch layer of organic mulch around each…
How to Care for Otto Luyken Laurel Plants Plant your Otto Luyken laurel in an area featuring well-drained, loamy soil and full sun to partial shade. Water the Otto Luyken weekly to a depth of 10 to 12 inches during the first growing season. Spread a 2- to 3-inch layer of organic mulch around each Otto Luyken hedge. Click to see full answer. Beside this, what is eating my Otto Luyken laurel?Anthracnose fungal disease infects leaves and stems of “Otto Luyken” cherry laurels. Pale brown spots appear next to the leaf veins and the whole shrub may appear to be sun-scorched. Eventually, the branches may develop sunken cankers. These symptoms are usually worse on the lower branches.Furthermore, why is my laurel hedge turning brown? Why Mountain Laurel Leaves are Browning If the plant is unable to pull moisture from the soil, the water in the cells isn’t replaced and leaves turn brown. Improper watering – Brown mountain laurel leaves, primarily when browning shows up at leaf tips, may be due to improper watering or excessively dry soil. why is my laurel bush dying? There may be several reasons for the browning/decline such as winter damage, past fungal disease, possible scale, a sucking insect, borers, etc. You may have to do some detective work and look for this. In general, cherry laurels grow best in a well drained soil in morning sun and afternoon shade.How do you treat shot holes in laurels?From the fungicide trials it is currently my recommendation to include mancozeb-containing fungicides such as Fore, Dithane, Protect T/O, etc. in the fungicide spray program to control shot- hole disease on cherry laurel. Tank mixing mancozeb with a copper product may provide the best control.
