european larch, some yellow foliage

andytrace

hey there,

My English/european larch has started to get yellowy/golden foliage

I recently moved to wales (from England) and its much wetter here and i'm just wondering if the extra water could be causing the miss coloured foliage, or do larch's change colour in winter? Iv only had it since the summer, its very large and has new growth which looks healthy! just small parts are changing colour!

could it even be to do with the nurients? its root ball is in normal compost and then it is surrounded by pure akadama which all the new roots have grown into, i normaly feed this part of the soil with diluted nutrients every week, sometimes twice a week!

any suggestions will be greatly apreciated

thanks

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Aaron_K

Hi Andy,

The larch is a deciduous conifer, and so will lose its leaves come winter. Nothing to worry about at all.

All the best,

Aaron

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Joanie

And you might want to stop feeding it when it goes dormant.

Joanie

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andytrace

ah ha great!

I was given it by an expert in my area and gave me basic care info but failed to tell me about it being deciduous tree!

thanks you

Aaron_K

By the way, when you say "normal compost", has this been screened to remove all the fine particles? If it hasn't, you will do well to wash this out of the middle of the rootball come next repot, otherwise you are inviting root rot to develop, especially with the very wet Welsh weather.

All the best,

Aaron

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Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Muriel Strode

Vulpes pilum mutat, non mores!

"A fox may change its skin but never its character"