Buxus - low hedge

I,ve recently clipped a low Buxus hedge and have noticed that some plants are more thiving than others. the lesser thriving appear to be a bit pasty. Would they benefit from some kind of root feed or a top growth spray??

 

Amanita, do not feed them at all at this time of year. Leave the plants alone now until the spring.

 

As above, feed in the spring a seaweed based feed would be my choice.

 

Thanks for the input fellas - so you dont think in the spring use phostrogen or growmore??

 

Amanita, either of those fertilizers will do. Or better still, Fish, Blood and Bonemeal.:gnthb:

 

When you say "low hedge" is it the dwarf variety? (Buxus sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa’). There is a "Box blight" disease which is effecting mostly the dwarf variety, although I believe it can also effect the somewhat larger Buxus sempervirens variety. Hopefully not the problem you are seeing, and that your problem is just over/under watering, or a feed/nutrient problem. Good luck

http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1094/PDIS.2003.87.12.1539A

 

thanks for that. I think it is one of the dwarf varieties but as soil is chiefly clay (just up the road from Baggeridge brick works) I am sure this pertains to an undernourishment problem. I'll try to get a photo at next visit