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whats happening to my plant ?
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How did you repot is Srin? ie watering, fertilizer etc...
maybe its a bit shell shocked
maybe its a bit shell shocked
i have not fertilized it yet. how did i repot? i just pulled it out whole. and put in new bigger pot and added soil to fill the gaps and watered it down well to make the soil settle.
2 weeks already now. this weekend i am going to cut off the drying branches and fertilize it with some balanced fert. 8-8-8 mgo3 +te
2 weeks already now. this weekend i am going to cut off the drying branches and fertilize it with some balanced fert. 8-8-8 mgo3 +te
Hi srin2
See you have your self another dilemma?
I know that you do a lot of research yourself and now looking for personal experience comparisons and remedy.
Some times it is difficult for outsiders to asses the problem, not knowing the entire history of the plant.
I believe it to be a lack of calcium and magnesium.
My life's experience tells me when the leaves are small and puckered between veins it is a lack of Ca.
Magnesium combines with other elements such as nitrogen to make the chlorophyll.
Plants lacking enough magnesium turn yellow due to lack of chlorophyll and slow or stop growing.
Just my thoughts, wish you well! Jeff
See you have your self another dilemma?
I know that you do a lot of research yourself and now looking for personal experience comparisons and remedy.
Some times it is difficult for outsiders to asses the problem, not knowing the entire history of the plant.
I believe it to be a lack of calcium and magnesium.
My life's experience tells me when the leaves are small and puckered between veins it is a lack of Ca.
Magnesium combines with other elements such as nitrogen to make the chlorophyll.
Plants lacking enough magnesium turn yellow due to lack of chlorophyll and slow or stop growing.
Just my thoughts, wish you well! Jeff
When I repot a nice rootbound plant, I like to rip the root ball apart, make the plant puts out new roots...
srin wish i could offer some advice..not really sure. It does look like plant needs some calcium but that wouldnt cause all that I dont think. How much did you mess with the root ball? I typically don't mess with the roots much..maybe loosen up the very bottom at most.
thanks jeff. i just added some calcium and some chicken pooh fert. tomorrow will add some epsom salt.Hi srin2
See you have your self another dilemma?
I know that you do a lot of research yourself and now looking for personal experience comparisons and remedy.
Some times it is difficult for outsiders to asses the problem, not knowing the entire history of the plant.
I believe it to be a lack of calcium and magnesium.
My life's experience tells me when the leaves are small and puckered between veins it is a lack of Ca.
Magnesium combines with other elements such as nitrogen to make the chlorophyll.
Plants lacking enough magnesium turn yellow due to lack of chlorophyll and slow or stop growing.
Just my thoughts, wish you well! Jeff
it was white and nice.
i did not mess the root ball at all.
i thought that we should not mess the root ball AREA.
In my experience, root bound stayed that way even into a new pot, so I always rip um open. I know if I transplant anything of size, i use a shovel to cut 50 pct of the root ball, and leave it alone for a month. When ya dig it up, the cut areas have nice fine roots coming out as new growth and really seems to help with the shock also. 
I never mess with the rootball with chiles. Most of my plants go through at least 5 re-pottings per season and personally I've never had a problem with stalled roots.
thanks. i have to do something this weekend to fix this.In my experience, root bound stayed that way even into a new pot, so I always rip um open. I know if I transplant anything of size, i use a shovel to cut 50 pct of the root ball, and leave it alone for a month. When ya dig it up, the cut areas have nice fine roots coming out as new growth and really seems to help with the shock also.
5 repotting !! how do you know when to repot? i think i was a bit late as it got lots of leaf drop before i repotted and it continued leaf drops after repotting
(ok thanks for the tips. i will remove the plant from the pot again and see how's it going in the root area before deciding what to do.
Newbie here...So when I go to repot the babies into a bigger pot and the roots are all tightly packed in a nice ball, should I kinda losen them up or leave them be? On my jalapenos and cayennes in the past I've always just kinda lightly knocked some of the dirt off the roots but mostly left them alone.
Thats what I've done too. Cut away the excess so it can stretch out & start new growth. Works for me.
Wondering if its some kind of blight because the soil must be good as srin2 seems to know a thing or two about nutrients/ferts?
