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HELP! Jasmine doing poorly
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Posted: May/06/2008 4:55 AM PST
A friend gave me a lovely jasmine plant (not sure what kind) the second week of April. It did fine for 2 weeks or so, and now, after a month, many of the leaves and flowers are turning brown. (see photos) I don't have much experience with plants; I replanted it after having it for about 2 weeks; it was fairly rootbound and the soil it was in was very poor. I tried to loosen up the roots unsuccessfully and was afraid to damage it so I just put it in a larger pot with better soil around the original soil. I'm in Barcelona, Spain. It probably gets around 2-3 hours of direct light a day and the rest of the day is in the shade as the sun moves. Can anyone tell me what I can do? Replant again? Fertilize? Move so that it gets no direct light? Thanks so much for any help. Attachments:    |
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Posted: May/06/2008 5:52 AM PST
Here's what I do with very rootbound bound plants: I put the entire rootball into a large bowl/bucket of water. After the soil starts to soften I swish it around to remove as much as possible. I then repot/replant using a good soil. I have had varying degrees of success with this. Sometimes you may need to use the hose to squirt the soil off. If there are any rotten roots I trim them off. If the plant is losing leaves/stems it probably wont hurt it to root prune it a bit. Many Jasmines don't mind shade, and if it's struggling I would keep it there so it doesn't bake in the hot sun. I hope this helps! Good luck with it. I just LOVE jasmines. They grow wild around here in Southeast Virginia. |
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Posted: May/06/2008 6:11 AM PST
I thought that jasmine liked lots of sun. I had a confederate jasmine at the beach. Now you talk about hot sun. There was no shade anywhere. That baby grew so much that I thought we'd have to begin hacking our way into the camper with a machete. We were located on the first row, right in front of the ocean. It was blasted with salt air day and night. It was gorgeous. |
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