tiG, B-pea - bad sign?

Since 3-4 days, I notice browning of the little one as I told you in an earlier thread. Here is the image. Is it some bad sign? That browning.

I really don't know Dinu, but here it dies back in the fall/early winter and doesn't show again until spring. Maybe this is what it's doing? Someone will come along and tell you and I promise to collect more seed this year. I sure hope it makes it, you've taken excellent care of that little baby.

Have to keep fingers crossed?

I have mine crossed for you too

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is the browning getting worst or is it staying the same?

The brown area is spreading. :(

:( I wish I knew. but perhaps they are getting ready to send up spring shoots? it's a thought!

The brown area is spreading not too quickly, but slowly. That may be a ray of hope that it may be true about what you say.

maybe yours didn't die back, you had it inside, right?

tiG I have mine inside and it didn't completely die back but I seem to remember it started turning brown when it went toward being dormant.

I have kept near the window which faces east. So it gets mild sun only till about 11 in the morning. It gives me a certain ray of hope, GRC. Remember, my little plant is just about 3 inches high, as you can make out in the picture.

Eventually, all the three sets of leaves got brown, slowly, and fell off. But I had this thread at the back of my mind to strengthen the fear.

Lo and behold, about six days ago, I noticed a tiny green spot emergine from the bare-looking thin stem. Now, the new growth has grown that much long in 5 days time than what it took to grow from seed in six months. It is 3 inches long now and seems to be growing at a rapid speed. Information about it going dormant was true to fact indeed! Will keep digging this thread as and when I feel the need to update its growth.

excellent!!!

Latest update. Look at today's picture of the plant. Now, those are leaves of the same plant. They are growing wider and bigger. And growing taller. Now the monsoon rains are awaited any time. So, it is considered as the growing season.

good news then....wow, sure is looking healthy. You're doing well with it, now..let's just wait for the blooms.

it's doing very good. do you know I have not seen the first one??? I can't understand it, they've been here for years!

Another couple of questions now, since there are positively +ve signs. How high would it climb and does it do well in full sun? Is it the right time now to put it in a 'permanent' place?

mine in full sun bloomed fabulously. I let it grow over a
3 1/2' tall 2' wide triangle trellis, so I'm not sure of height, but it covered it up, all over. Yes, I'd put it in the permanent place and remember, it's not evergreen:) will totally disappear in the winter.

An inquiring mind would love to know-what is a B-pea? :)

An eager, kind mind [ :) ] would love to enlighten that the B stands for Butterfly. In other (botanical) terms, Centrosema virgianianum.

Yes, I have made one tripod stand like that and will surely place it appropriately in the coming days. Mine is not as wide as 2' but just 9" across. I should think of a new one. I have some lengths of wooden sticks. I should keep in mind that it is not evergreen because it went dormant this winter and gave a lot of worry.

that would work, tripod is the word my mind wouldn't come up with last night! thanks:)

Thank you Dinu for the information.
It is a beauty-is it fragrant?

I'm not too sure.

Latest picture. Not growing taller again. The leaves are beginning to brown. I transplanted it from the plastic cover to the ground about 50 days ago.

Dinu, check the undersides of the leaf, does it have rust? Downy mildew will also cause spots as do a number of fungal and viral diseases. If it's rust or downy mildew, a fungicide with chlorothalonil as the active ingredient will stop it's spread.

Cala, there was (and is) no rust or anything bad with the leaves. It had dried off for the winter and new leaves have sprung up from a separate growth and there are sets of leaves looking healthy almost similar to the picture above. It remains in the same spot in the ground where it receives the afternoon sun (thinking of protecting it with a shade this summer). There is a new growth at the tip showing some positive signs. Have to keep fingers crossed! Perhaps it is finding it a bit difficult to adjust to the tropical climate???

good luck, I hope you get blooms this summer.

Hope, yes, that is the keyword that is keeping me going in gardening, like many others in all probability!! How is your plant doing now?

Hi Dinu, I thought I'd put in my .02 cents worth here because the first picture you posted showed classic signs of what is called abiotic stress. They are environmental problems. It could be too salty water (like watering with water that goes through a water softener), excess snow, coastal regions where salt water evaporates and rains on them, also too much fertilizer, or too hot also. There's probably more but I can't think of any right now. Do any of these sound like your environment? We just took this is class and the picture was exactly like the one they showed so it just jumped out at me! Hope this helps!! :)
edited for spelling, duh!

This message was edited Mar 4, 2004 11:26 PM

I have posted three pictures here. The first one died down and a fresh growth emerged - second picture. It again died down last winter and threw out another set of similar leaves. It again dried off and the new growth is very much similar to the one in the third picture but now it is in ground, since a year.

Have not fertilized it too much. It gets plenty of sun - our summer gets dry and reaches up to 37 C. I water it in such conditions twice a day. Water is good, not salty. It may be the tropical conditions (we are in the plains) that seems to be affecting normal growth. It has not grown beyond 7-8 inches with its 5-6 sets of leaves, including the singles at the bottom.

Have tried to give some shade by keeping a potted plant near it. It is summer here and the afternoon sun is scorching. 35C. It has stopped growing again into a vine. It is stationary at about 7 inches. May be due to the heat, the leaves are not too green. The leaves do not drop off. Does not wilt in the sun.

Should I accept this particular plant as a failure to adapt and look for a new set of seeds from someone who can offer me? I love its flowers!