Viewing post #3080059 by NMoasis

You are viewing a single post made by NMoasis in the thread called Lilac plant dying.
Image
Mar 25, 2024 5:10 PM CST
Name: Zoƫ
Albuquerque NM, Elev 5310 ft (Zone 7b)
Bee Lover Salvias Region: New Mexico Herbs Container Gardener Composter
Cat Lover Butterflies Bookworm Birds Enjoys or suffers hot summers
Poor thing. You're going to have to change a few things, a couple now, the rest after it blooms.

It needs more sun and water right now. Is it outside? If it's indoors it probably needs a full, unfiltered southern window, but I've never heard of growing lilacs indoors, not sure it's workable.

Feed it with a balanced liquid fertilizer according to the product's directions, not stronger. Plain old regular Miracle Gro is fine. Do that now. DO NOT use a dry organic product designed for use in outdoor garden soil; the potted environment will not break it down to make the nutrients accessible to the plant.

Then wait for it to flower (if it does) and fully leaf out. While you're waiting, read about lilac care. Then you'll want to prune it properly and repot in good, well draining potting mix. The existing pot looks a bit big; you might want to downsize an inch or two. Check in here in a couple of months with an update about whether it bloomed and we can help to with future steps. Thumbs up

« Return to the thread "Lilac plant dying"
« Return to Ask a Question forum
« Return to the Garden.org homepage

Member Login:

( No account? Join now! )

Today's site banner is by Lestv and is called "Coral Sunset"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.