Hippy Lemon Myrtle: December 2022 update

by michaelruschena Posted on

I repotted the three lemon myrtles in September, and things haven’t been going great. I think it was some combination on insufficient pruning combined with bad soil.

October 10. After a couple of weeks, the whole plant was drying out. First counter measure was to add some fine pumice on the top, to try and reduce water lass. I also cut off the dry leaves.
December 20. It’s looking pretty dead.

I did some clean up and more aggressive pruning, which in hindsight I should have done in September.

Cleaned up all the branches.
Filled in this gap at the back a bit.

I think it’s dead, but the Lemon Myrtle is pretty hardy, and *might* bounce back. I’ll give it a while longer.

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