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RE: Grevillea not flowering

Posted 629 days ago

Try Iron Chelate onto foliage and soil, and check after 4 or 5 days for any imrovement in the newer leaves. If it looks better, give it a dose of seasol and maybe even a slow-release for natives. Iron Chelate is sold as such at any nursery in a small pack with full instructions. Hope it comes good for you. Give us un update in a couple of weeks.
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RE: Grevillea not flowering

Posted 628 days ago

Thanks Hutcho, will give that a go, and will let you know how it goes :-)


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RE: Grevillea not flowering

Posted 627 days ago

If that doesn't work, I do have a "Plan B"
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Experience is what you get when you dont read the instructions first.I'm a LEO.I am experienced!

RE: Grevillea not flowering

Posted 625 days ago

I also have Wimpara Gem doing poorly. I bought it after seeing BBY and we live on a rocky shale site. Some Grevilleas do well and others just die. Our neighbour also says he gets only a 40% success rate with Grevilleas. We have a huge problem with ants and I suspect they might be part of the problem.

RE: Grevillea not flowering

Posted 582 days ago

Time for update :-)

It appears that the iron chelate has worked quite well, so thanks for that Hutcho. The leaves are fairly green, however, I have no idea how often I should apply it to keep the leaves looking green....every 2 weeks? It is in an otherwise really healthy state - its just had a massive growth spurt. I do hope that it will soon start flowering too.....

I had a westringia native rosemary in front of it as well that was looking rather awful - leaves were yellow with black tops - I had no idea what was causing the problem, but that looks heaps better since I have used the chelate. Still, I'm a little puzzled as I bought the plant from State Flora and it was recommended to be planted in limestone soil. Anyway, at least both plants have seemed to have picked up some. :-)
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~My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view~