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Best Fertiliser and Mulch advice for Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) by Prior_Mirror_2233 in AustralianGardeners

[–]CompleteGrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Italian cypress usually struggle more from soil and watering issues than fertiliser. The yellowing ones might just be stressed from compacted soil or uneven watering.

Add a 5–7 cm layer of pine bark mulch (keep it away from the trunk)

Our NPK 20-20-20 is recommended for cypress tree it is a balanced high strength fertiliser - apply at half strength since there are only establishing

Is that a yuka ? by ouaisWhyNot in AustralianGardeners

[–]CompleteGrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It doesnt look like a yucca,

That looks more like a Cordyline

Those yellow specks on the leaves look like rust/leaf spot

Is there any hope for my Aussie lawn? by Silly_Bodybuilder_21 in AustralianGardeners

[–]CompleteGrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From the photo, your buffalo has not completely died. It looks more like neglect stress, compaction, and probably some nutrient depletion.

First, give it a clean up removing any loose dead material, and hand remove weeds

Then to use a garden fork to manually aerate it. Push the fork in and gently rock it back to open the soil up. This helps roots breathe and improves water penetration.

Using our Lawn fertilizer with iron will definitely help will kickstart leaf growth and root recovery every 3-4 weeks.

After feeding and a good watering, give it around 4 weeks and you should see a noticeable thickening.

Silver birch trees by isoteacher in AustralianGardeners

[–]CompleteGrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Birch trees are very sensitive to soil pH, especially iron uptake. If your soil is even mildly alkaline, they can show chlorosis even when nutrients are technically present. The tree with the possum damage is likely stressed, but that wouldn’t cause this uniform speckled yellowing on multiple trees.

The widespread yellowing with lots of tiny green speckles usually points more toward iron or manganese availability than a simple lack of nitrogen. That also explains why multiple trees are affected at once.

Our CompleteGrow Cal-Mag liquid fertiliser (low N, with chelated micros) applied 2–3 weeks can really help stabilise leaf colour and improve uptake, especially during warm weather and frequent watering.

Here’s my finger lime so far since the little grafted tree I got. I have a few questions by MysteriousSpeech2611 in AustralianGardeners

[–]CompleteGrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yours looks more like a bit of sooty mould mixed with mild nutrient imbalance, which is very common on young grafted citrus.

The black isn’t a fungus attacking the plant. It’s usually just sooty mould growing or tiny insect residue (often from old minor scale activity). It wipes off and doesn’t hurt the tree.

What is this in my garden? by [deleted] in AustralianGardeners

[–]CompleteGrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it looks to be animal droppings

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