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Sad jasmine

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AuntiePushpa · 30/01/2024 14:26

I am not green of finger. I have had this jasmine in a great big pot for maybe 6m. It has recently (and quite quickly) gone from green and healthy to leaves going brown and dying. Can it be saved?

Sad jasmine
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MereDintofPandiculation · 30/01/2024 15:08

Leaves going brown and crispy is because they don’t have enough water, usually for one of three reasons 1) plant isn't being given enough water 2) plant being given too much water so the roots are rotten 3) red spider mite sucking all the water from the leaves - in which case you’d see very fine cobwebs in the leaf axils

AuntiePushpa · 30/01/2024 15:37

Appreciate it MereDintofPandiculation. It will be over- watering in which case, as I have form for that. Rotten roots sounds unfixable :(

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CornedBeef451 · 30/01/2024 16:06

I have a sad Jasmine but mine is human and has a migraine.

You might be able to come back from rotten roots, if that's what it is.

Repot with lots of aerating stuff for drainage, but first remove any rotten parts.

AuntiePushpa · 30/01/2024 17:05

Poor Jasmine! Thanks for advice CornedBeef451- I will try that

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CornedBeef451 · 03/02/2024 09:17

@AuntiePushpa thanks, she is finally feeling a bit better.

Any luck with your jasmine?

I always feel I know my plants much better once I've had to repot them and seen their roots, like we've bonded through difficult times.

AuntiePushpa · 03/02/2024 17:45

Thanks @CornedBeef451 - yes maybe it was a bonding experience! I don't think the jasmine appreciated being dug out and the roots looked pretty normal to my inexperienced eye... maybe there will be a miraculous recovery

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