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Author Message   Galanthophile  Supporting Member My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 09:40 am EST :    My sister has 2 large established camellias in pots and these have been overwintered in a shed that gets good light. Recently they have started to lose leaves - they don't appear to be damaged or eaten. I thought it might be dryness at the roots or too warm. Any ideas please? Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"   Luis_pr  My Time Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 10:12 pm EST :    Leaves that turn brown at the edges and then completely brown out suggest insufficient moisture but you can always check manually by inserting a finger to a depth of 4 inches into the soil and determining how does the soil feel. Any time that the soil feels almost dry or dry, you need to water. This is probably not "it": Camellias should begin shedding annual leaves soon, somewhere around May or perhaps June (here in the Southern States). It seems too early for that to happen here now though. So the chance of that happenning in Northern England is probably less. Are the roots circling in the pots? If so, you may need to make vertical cuts every two inches or so to stop them from doing that (and repot them into a bigger container). Are the browned out leaves randomly distributed? Or are they located only in certain areas? For example: at the top of the bush, at the bottom, only leaves that the sun shines directly into? Luis_pr - Hurst, Texas, Zone "USDA 7b/8a"   Galanthophile  Supporting Member My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 12:59 pm EST :    I don't think any of the leaves are turning brown they are just dropping off whole and a few at a time. I'll ask my sister for more information. Thanks for your help. Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"

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