Beginner Gardening: Winter Jasmine needs your help - leaves turning white, 1 by lurvbabe

lurvbabe wrote:
Hi there,

I seem to have a knack for killing plants but have managed to keep my Winter Jasmine going for a few years now (more due to its hardiness than my skill, I know!) In the space of a day though, it seems to have developed some nasty looking white bits on most of the leaves growing on one 'stem'. The rest seem to be ok but since this is the only stem which is about to flower, I'd quite like it to survive!! Please, I'd really like to know whats wrong with it and what I should do.

Also, I was thinking of repotting it but haven't done so because the pot it is in has wires which the Jasmine has climbed up and been wrapped around. How do I go about that and would normal houseplant compost be ok for it? Would this help it to get more flowers or is there anything else I can do for it?

Many thanks