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I live in a very high humidity environment - average humidity around 75-80% - and am struggling to get my outdoor plants watered properly. The soil just stays wet so long...
My indoor trees are fine (AC = drier air), but many of my outdoor trees are showing signs of over watering: black spots at the tips of leaves, which eventually shrivel. At first I thought it was a fungal infection in a single plant, and treated it as such. But other plants are showing this too, even though I treated them with antifungals (both copper spray and a soil drench).
My bald Cypress sappling is just about the only unaffected of the lot..
So, assuming that the soil just isn't drying out enough (even if watering 1 or 2 days apart, in temperatures that would make northerners think of summer), what can I do to address this?
What soil mixes do those in high humidity places use for their trees (fuyu persimmon, Acer rubrum, American redbud, and Ceiba speciosa in particular)? Bonus points for suggestions that won't break the bank!
Thanks in advance,
PA
My indoor trees are fine (AC = drier air), but many of my outdoor trees are showing signs of over watering: black spots at the tips of leaves, which eventually shrivel. At first I thought it was a fungal infection in a single plant, and treated it as such. But other plants are showing this too, even though I treated them with antifungals (both copper spray and a soil drench).
My bald Cypress sappling is just about the only unaffected of the lot..
So, assuming that the soil just isn't drying out enough (even if watering 1 or 2 days apart, in temperatures that would make northerners think of summer), what can I do to address this?
What soil mixes do those in high humidity places use for their trees (fuyu persimmon, Acer rubrum, American redbud, and Ceiba speciosa in particular)? Bonus points for suggestions that won't break the bank!
Thanks in advance,
PA
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