How to treat teddy bear magnolia black leaves?

[MazPert]

Planted in June teddy bear magnolias. I fertilised yesterday & noticed some of them are getting black on some of their leaves. Any help to identify the problem & how to fix it would be greatly appreciated. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JacobZ]

Hi @MazPert,

I'm not 100% certain with that one, but your Teddy Bear Magnolias look like they could be experiencing a very similar issue to @aschmid5's in their post How to fix Magnolia black leaves, where the consensus was that it was sunburn.

Similar to the advice in that post, I'd say that a bit of shade protection and some consistent watering would go a long way. The application of fertiliser will also help to provide your magnolias with the nutrients to battle their ailment.

Allow me to tag our resident horticultural guru @Noelle to see what she thinks.

Jacob

[Noelle]

Hi @MazPert 

Looks like exposure damage to me - possibly cold (frost?) damage as it's too early in the season yet for sunburn.

Jacob's recommendations for some shade protection and regular deep watering will go a long way to helping your plants to establish well and withstand everything the weather throws at them.

[MazPert]

Ok great thanks for the advice 🙂