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Gardening

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17. Depending on how close the tree is to the

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 17, 2018, 04:21 PM

Jul 2018

Garage foundation,this could be your issue. If memory works. The leaching of the lime from the cement will cause your tree to produce different leaf coloring. Sounds like it is a PH soil issue. Learned the hard way with Roses. Have to replace one of ours this winter due to a similiar issue. Our natural soil has a mega lime (Caleche Cement ) content. Going to dig this Rose out and widen the Hole and dig it deeper and back fill with Garden Soil from the Green House.

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Gardening Mystery. Can you solve it? [View all] FSogol Jul 2018 OP

Was the original tree grafted onto a local root stock? Chipper Chat Jul 2018 #1

No, it came up on its own. n/t FSogol Jul 2018 #6

That's what I think as well. LakeArenal Jul 2018 #16

Maybe different ph in the two locations? Could be some chemical spill by the garage in the past? Arkansas Granny Jul 2018 #2

I thought about soil. Since we have a lot of clay, whenever I plant something, FSogol Jul 2018 #10

Depending on how close the tree is to the Wellstone ruled Jul 2018 #17

or perhaps 2naSalit Jul 2018 #18

Mowed grass for people when I was a kid. You never have one mimosa - you have gazillions. tonyt53 Jul 2018 #3

This is the answer. Mimosas spread very easily from seed. They're considered to be enough Jul 2018 #8

Yeah, it could be a different mimosa seed, but big coincidence that it came up in the exact spot. n/ FSogol Jul 2018 #14

My guess would be it has something to do with what materials your garage is made of. dameatball Jul 2018 #4

It's the pines lamsmy Jul 2018 #5

Probably most likely. What should I add to counteract? n/t FSogol Jul 2018 #12

Just a guess but maybe the pine tree affected the chemical content of the soil? Siwsan Jul 2018 #7

Could the tree you dug up have been grafted? If so, the roots could easily make a different tree. TreasonousBastard Jul 2018 #9

I would suspect that the red one is taking up iron. vlyons Jul 2018 #11

I've found the occasional brick piece, but not much else. The clay is red. n/t FSogol Jul 2018 #13

Pine trees tend to produce acid soil; from breakdown of dropped needles I believe. GeorgeGist Jul 2018 #15