Abutilon - leaves are all crinkly :(

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pephemie San Mateo, CA Mar 17, 2012

We inherited an Abutilon hybrid of some sort in a pot with some succulents, and the plant has been dropping leaves. There are new leaves finally but even those are starting to crinkle up. The abutilon is trained on a trellis in a bunch of loops.

No obvious signs of infestation -- what's wrong with my plant? Will this just go away once the weather gets better? I'm in the bay area, CA.

I've heard some people repot their plants every year, but since there are a bunch of other plants in the box, I'm worried about uprooting it. It's under an overhang and has been outdoors through the winter.

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Mar 17, 2012

Can you post some pictures?

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WeeNel Ayrshire Scotland, United Kingdom Mar 19, 2012

If it's under an overhang then one can assume the plants are not getting any water as the overhang usually shelters from cold, water and sunshine at times.

Stick your finger in the pot and If the soil is wet bout an inch down, then give the plant a good soaking, it will take a good amount of water to re soak really dry soil as water gets ran off the top soil due to a hard crust forming as the natural moisture is sucked out from the soil.

If the soil is wet an inch down then maybe over watering is the problem, that being the case then as the temp rises, pull the pot out into more light allow the soil to dry out, the extra light should allow the foliage to harden up, about spring should be the time for new growth.

Once the plant is looking a bit more healthy, I would give it a liquid feed half strength every 2-3 weeks, around September time might be the right time to re pot the plant as before you do that, you can remove any broken, dead, withered branches, remove the plant from the pot, shake off some of the old soil (you may have to shake off / tease gently at the soil to get it loose, get your new pot and compost, place some compost into the bottom of new pot, add the plant, fill around the sides of the plant and tap at the sides of the pot to knock the new soil down to the roots and also remove any air pockets, once happy the pot is filled to about an inch below the top, water well and let the water drain away, keep an eye on the plant for several weeks and if by then the temps are dropping, give shelter under the overhangs again,
At re potting you can remove the other plants in the pot and pot them up in individual plant pots with new soil and depending on type of plant, you may have to add some gravel to soil for drainages etc, just keep them watered over winter, cut back on the amount but don't let them dry out completely.
Good luck, Weenel.

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