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Lilac bush
Last year we had tons of blooming lilacs...this year 2 or 3 very weak flower bursts...how come?? 
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05/28/11, 12:08 AM
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Your lilacs are afraid. Very afraid. They know about Frankie Flossy & Gretta.
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05/28/11, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Goat Servant
Your lilacs are afraid. Very afraid. They know about Frankie Flossy & Gretta.
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 but I have the lilacs fenced in...I'll go remind them they are safe  LOL!!
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05/28/11, 12:25 AM
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I'm guessing that it has something to do with the fact that it is late May and we have had a total of about 3 days above 70 degrees........
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05/28/11, 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by tinknal
I'm guessing that it has something to do with the fact that it is late May and we have had a total of about 3 days above 70 degrees........
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but I'm seeing other lilacs bushes full of flowers
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05/28/11, 12:36 AM
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Pruning too late or not pruning at all can reduce blooms too.
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05/28/11, 12:39 AM
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The lilacs here in Wyoming don't even really have leaves yet.
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05/28/11, 01:27 AM
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Treat them to some compost tea. Can't hurt.
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05/28/11, 08:52 AM
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Is it a young bush? It may have over extended itself last year. Apple trees do this often, they produce like crazy one year, then take the next year off.
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Mine started blooming and looked GREAT, then we had a storm and all the flowers were knocked off. Same with the peonys. They should be in full bloom now, but they've been 'done' for a week or two, with only four or five blooms per plant.
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05/28/11, 09:24 AM
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you probably forgot to cut off all of the spent flowers last year, if you don't cut them off it takes a few years before they will rebloom on that stem, the seed making causes them to be stunted..Lilacs do best with pruning just after blooming..
also a frost will nip the buds
Lilacs will do ok on old neglected lots with no care, but you'll notice there will be years that they don't put out many flowers, cause they aren't pruned regularly (unless passers by pick the flowers)
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This is the first year since we moved here 18 years ago that the elderly lilac bush is in full bloom. May have something to do with large trees that shaded it have been removed in recent years. Can't say we've had many days with temps above 70 either. All the trees that blossom are at the moment blossoming at a feverish pace. So far we have not had a killing frost as usually happens before now...and still could occur.
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All of the above and some iron, old nails thrown in the soil. Grandma said 1 good bloom year depletes a lot of iron. Works for fruit trees too....James
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05/28/11, 08:03 PM
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Wow...I didn't think I had to do anything. So the 3 or 4 that did weakly bloom I should cut off now?
Thanks!
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ive had that problem with my lilacs this year, weve got 3 relitivly young shrubs, last year heavy flowers on 1 (which i deadheaded just before they entered the "yucky" flower stage, and i punred while there) the other 2 not a single bud, then this year the one that flowered last year Not a single bud, one of the 2 that didnt flower at all has a nice bloom this year and the other had 4 good flower spikes (but that one came to us in bad condition and is still recovering i think...
will have to try an iron and compost mix this year and see if that gives them a boost.
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05/28/11, 10:49 PM
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I was always afraid to prune the lilacs I planted because I know they start producing flowers for next year after they flower this year.
Well now since we've moved I don't have any of my own lilacs but theire's an 80 acre field across the road & right by our mailbox is a row of lilac bushes, no one has ever cared for them in the 11 years we've owned the property but I always go pick 2 or 3 nice bunches to bring in the house & they are loaded each year with flowers.
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Lilacs prefer soil with a high PH for vigorus growth. We had an old bush that had been on this property since Grandma Grunt was a little Groan. After putting a heavy coating of hydrated lime in and around the bush, it grew and bloomed more than we had ever seen it do before.
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They need at least 6 hours of sun each day also. The ones I have that are shaded bloomed as you described, the rest were beautifull.
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