Is my Cotoneaster Dying?
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bob wrote: first of all, when did you stop feeding, as that is key, if you have a liquid fertilizer, you should generally stop feeding by the start of november. but if you stopped feeding like 2 months ago, then that may be the culprit.
Nope. That will not kill a tree.
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bob wrote: ok, then it might just be the fact that it is deciduous probably.
I do not think so. Cotoneaster leaves turn reddish in fall - and they would change color all over the plant.
I'm wondering if this could be blight.
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I think i can see heavy pruning so that might be it. Or it might be pot bound.
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bob wrote: Indeed, but in britain the cotoneasters here-not all of them go red in fall horizontallis does but the integerima does not go red in fall. Blight is way more complicated, there is no straight cure for it so i hope it isnt.
I think i can see heavy pruning so that might be it. Or it might be pot bound.
Please just stop doing this.
- It may be just winter
- It may be fertilizer
- It may be pruning
- It may be pot bound
- I hope you are not right with blight
How is this helping? If you do not recognize the symptoms, do not advice! Don't just throw a whole load of options out.
Me for one, Think it is not
- Because of winter
- Due to fertilizer
- Due to pruning
- Due to being pot-bound
When you see dying of growing tips, more often then not root-problems are the cause, typically due to watering and/or fungus infection.
I would check the rootball by carefully removing it from the container. I *think* you will find a black smelly mess, rather then dark brown roots with white tips. In the hands of someone experienced it may then still survive, but it is hard.
As for the species.. I am not convinced either way. When I first saw the pics, I thought it looked like pyracantha. BUt it *could* be cotoneaster.
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