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title: "This is my Annabelle Hydrangea. I'm new to gardening, what could be…"
description: "This is my Annabelle Hydrangea. I'm new to gardening, what could be the issue? I can't tell if I'm over or under watering. When I water, I make sure the soil…"
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# This is my Annabelle Hydrangea. I'm new to gardening, what could be…

_seriosbrad님이 2025-07-12에 게시함_

This is my Annabelle Hydrangea. I'm new to gardening, what could be the issue? I can't tell if I'm over or under watering. When I water, I make sure the soil needs it with the second knuckle depth test. Usually once per day. It gets about 8hr full sun. When I transplanted it from the plastic pot on June 9th, it was a very hot 30c day, could it still be recovering? Many of the other plants I planted on the same day died back a bit as well, but are slowly recovering. Zone 4b. Thanks!

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/-HGMHkhsbJxQjKl4gtQFBrtPneJUiN4yrMKk3G2rvKM/osFxuPO6SpixgMtFLgMMjQ.webp?size=large)

## 4개의 댓글

### Sunny님이 2025-07-12에 댓글을 남겼어요.

The soil looks very dry and dense. It’s likely under watered. Try breaking up the soil. Work store bought garden soil into the soil to add moisture retention materials. Add vermiculite if the soil is not holding moisture. Place 6 inches of mulch in a 3 feet diameter around the soil to prevent weeds and hold moisture longer. 🪴🍀

#### seriosbrad님이 2025-07-12에 답변했습니다.

Thank you, I will try working some of those product into the soil tomorrow!

#### Sunny님이 2025-07-13에 답변했습니다.

You’re welcome. I just noticed the tomatoes in back. They would benefit from the mulch and soil amendments. Try using pine mulch which is acidic. Tomatoes like acidic soil. It won’t hurt the hydrangea.

### Bomi2789님이 2025-07-13에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Use shovel and break up that dirt it can’t breath

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