Bromeliads advice pls.

hoonguek, May 12, 2:22pm
the tips of the leaves of my bromeliads are dried and brown - why is this? how do I correct this? also another the long blades of the leaves look like they have been slit, looking dry and brown. thx

zak410, May 12, 2:48pm
Do you keep the centre of the plant wet?

zak410, May 12, 4:23pm
more details would be good, or a picture?
is that plant indoor or out?
what sort if you know and did this plant had 'pups' already?

The mother/mature plant slowly die off to feed new pup(S), we have lots of brooms here mostly outdoors, only old plant show dry tips on the leaves, we just use scissors and trim them.

hoonguek, May 13, 6:23am
it was always outdoor. sorry I don't know how to put a photo for u to hv a look.

hoonguek, May 13, 6:23am
no pups.

zak410, May 13, 7:06am
not sure, if is planted in the ground the soil maybe a bit too wet, most of them love good drainage or even no soil at all.

If you save one photo to your computer, save to the desktop to find it easy, then browse for it and upload on this site, it give you a link to paste in your text here.

http://www.iforce.co.nz/

hoonguek, May 13, 7:13am

hoonguek, May 13, 7:19am
oh great it worked. can u tell me the name of this plant pls.

zak410, May 13, 8:19am
Sorry, no I can't;
We got similar looking brooms here that are very big, hopefully someone else will know.

http://www.bromeliads.co.nz/ Also have a look here: http://iforce.co.nz/i/fwdiuwwq.osy.jpg

hoonguek, May 13, 4:22pm
thx anyway for yr interest. I hv borrowed from library Steens' book and anxious to get my hands on it, tomorrow. hv a great day

smoocher, Jan 11, 3:09am
How long ago did the Brom start browning?
Two things that will kill Broms, is copper and treated timber wood smoke.
Copper will kill Broms. Copper is used in most fungicides and some insecticides; its found in CCA treated timber (copper logs) and even in some wood mulch.