[Arid_gardener] Bottle Tree dropping leaves

[Rod McKusick]

Trees that are under stress will often drop their leaves. You didn't say
what time of year that you have experienced the leaf drop, but I suspect
that it may not be getting enough water. The irrigation interval of once per
week to 10 days should be adequate provided you deep water to a depth of
three feet. Fertilizing once per year should be adequate. Too much
fertilizer could also cause the leaf drop.
Check out this site for more info on irrigation:
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/arboriculture/watering.html

Good luck.

Rod McKusick
Master Gardener
-----Original Message-----
From: skhaggard@msn.com <skhaggard@msn.com>
To: arid_gardener@Ag.arizona.edu <arid_gardener@Ag.arizona.edu>
Date: Saturday, June 29, 2002 4:33 PM
Subject: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page


>I have a bottle tree in my yard that drops all of its leaves every 6
months, then it re-leafs and the cycle starts all over again.  I soak it
once a week and fertilize once a month, but nothing I do seems to make a
difference.  The tree is about 20 years old and it started doing this about
4 years ago.  Any ideas?
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