coolrobby2003

Hello Again, Well i did so well on my last thead sew i thought i'd write another-HERE GOES--HELP! My tea plants have NOT grown more than a few inches all summer! I think maybe i have been ignoring it too much as it has been getting a lot of rain-could this be the cause? The leaves are starting too fall off and they are turning brown!
TEA PICS COMING SOON!
THNX AGAIN ROBB

coolrobby2003

hmm! does not anyone grow tea?

Richard

Which tea -- Genus & species, are you growing?

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JCDerrick

For a moment I was going to ask if you meant the Ti plant. LOL, I do grow those. But not tea.

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coolrobby2003

oops my bad the tea is of camellia sinensis!

Richard

O.K., this is an evergreen so the leaves should not be turning brown and falling off for the winter!

Evergreen leaves will turn brown for a number of reasons. Here's a few.

1. Too little water. Generally the leaves 1st dry out and brown around the edges, then the interior looses color and dry brown leaves fall off.
2. Too much fertilizer or chemical toxicity from pesticide or nearby application of weed killer, etc. Again, the leaves 1st brown around the edges with tiny new growth dying immediately. The leaves might also have patches of white or other strange calico patterns, depending on the chemical.
3. Too much water. The leaves 1st turn yellowish, but the veins of the leaves are still green. If the problem persists, the leaves then turn brown and eventually fall off. The over-watering is prohibiting the roots from uptaking nutrients and the plant is being "strangled". This condition is called chlorosis and adding iron won't help if the water density is not reduced to the point where the roots can respirate.
4. Fungal root infection. Some or all of the leading growth tips on the plant turn brown and those stems begin to die back. This condition is called "crown rot" -- where "crown" refers to the root crown, not the above ground "crown" of the plant.
5. Pests eating the roots. If there are grubs (beetle larvae or insect larvae in general), gophers, root-eating nematodes, etc. chewing on the plant roots then the plant will start discarding the leaves it can no longer support.

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mskitty38583

it is so cool that someone is growing tea! lol.....when you get yours up and going again can grow you me some earl grey? thats my favorite tea in the whole entire world!

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saltydad

Good points Richard. Sure would help if you could post those pics of the Camellia Robby.

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