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Thanks for the responses, all very helpful. I did not change the soil before planting, please see soil analysis results below/attached. Also, you...
Hello. I'm on southern Vancouver Island and planted Portuguese Laurels 3 years ago. While they are doing okay, many of the trees have yellow...
Hi, I'm looking for some advice as my Portuguese Laurels have developed a fair number of yellow leaves. I read that one of the causes could be...
Hi Acerholic and Margot, thanks so much for the detailed and thoughtful responses - much appreciated! It seems like there's more than one thing...
I planted these laurels about 9 months ago and I just discovered something is amiss. Here's the symptoms: 1. Holes in leaves as though an insect...
Hi GS, Yes, the advice was to prune hard as opposed to trim to spur growth. At this point, I'm more interested in density than height at this...
To save on cost, I'm contemplating doing the formative pruning of my Portuguese Laurels myself (planted last fall) but I have been unable to find...
I hired an arborist for a site inspection and our first meeting was a valuable learning experience for me. Here’s my take-away (perhaps all the...
Thanks GS, much appreciated.
Thanks to the pandemic, cedar chips won't be available for another month at the earliest. Since they last so much longer than the available...
Thanks Ron, much appreciated. Mulch is on my to-do list by end of month. Any thoughts on bark vs leaf mulch? The latter is more expensive fwiw.
GS: Hello again. The trees didn't come with tags but I'm confident what I have are Portuguese. Good to know about the pro trim each year but do...
GeorgiaStraight: thanks for the reply. I'm concerned about planting them too close together - they'll eventually become competitors and possibly...
I planted about 80 Portuguese Laurels in the fall. While I was out of town due to an emergency in late fall/early winter, the male deer were in...
Hi everyone, thanks for your replies. I'm in a tough spot since the threat to the hedges only exists for roughly 6 weeks out of the year - that's...
How do I stop male deer from destroying my newly-planted laurel hedges? I planted close to 100 in September, in large part thanks to the advice I...
Thanks wcutler. Here's the photos... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hi vitog, thanks for the tip, it hadn't occurred to me that people might not know Imgur. Can I attach them to this post or do I need to repost? Thx.
Interesting. What's odd with my situation is I have all of this fungal mycelia but not a mushroom anywhere. I guess you can have one without the...
This link suggests that it might be mycelia (the “roots”) of fungi feeding on the pine needles. Fungi – Keeping It In Check | Walter Reeves: The...
