Bromeliads advice pls.

hoonguek, May 11, 11:22pm
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 11, 11:48pm
Do you keep the centre of the plant wet?

zak410, May 12, 1:23am
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 12, 3:23pm
it was always outdoor. sorry I don't know how to put a photo for u to hv a look.

hoonguek, May 12, 3:23pm
no pups.

zak410, May 12, 4:06pm
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 12, 4:13pm

hoonguek, May 12, 4:19pm
oh great it worked. can u tell me the name of this plant pls.

zak410, May 12, 5:19pm
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, 1:22am
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 10, 10:09am
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.