My little brugie has had droopy leaves for a couple weeks now.The others don't seem to be bothered. Any thoughts on what could be the problem ? Or is it a problem at all ?
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Could she be too cold or too wet? It hasn't exactly been balmy here for a while. Some varieties just don't like it this cold. I've had to put a lot of my smaller ones back in the greenhouse - especially the versicolors.
They are all in the sunroom at night and out only during good weather.The other large one, whiskers X l'amour, doesn't seem to be bothered.(only me)
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In the first pic the top leaves have that dreaded curl. I just came in from spraying. Here that is the first sign of broad mites or cyclamen mites. Bad mites for sure. Are the leaves getting brittle on the ones that curl under?
Another thought...Is it like this when you first put it out, or does it perk up at night? Am I reading the thread name right, is this a seedling, your problem might be that it is a EDW seedling, and EDW does not do well in full sun here, it might need more shade, a nasty habit picked up from its Momma.
Could it be that you gave it too much of a high percentage fertilizer?
Kell, I've looked closely for live critters but haven't seen any. The leaves don't get brittle, just curling.
TLynn, It's an all the time thing, but I don't know what the EDW factor is.
Monika, There is a possibility,perhaps a probability, that she recieved a stiffer jolt of VF-11 than she could handle,but so did everything else, and only one is curling.I mixed it at 1oz./Gallon distilled water as per label instructions,actually a bit more water.Perplexing.Thanks for the help so far. Maybe there's an answer out there yet.
Maybe it doesn't like the change of environment every day. My EDW cross is out in full sun and doing well. She doesn't come in at night, but if it were to get down in the upper thirties, she would be inside in a flash. I hope you can figure it out. By the way, cyclamen mites are not visible to the naked eye. I've no experience with broad mites or cyclamen mites yet. I'm sure that one day I will find out all about them.
Brugie, I clipped several leaves and examined them under a loupe and found one creature, a hairsbreadth wide,green,with two dark dots on its back. Just found one, although there must be more. There is also a very minor ammount of skeletonizing in places. I've sprayed all the leaves top and bottom with Isotox and will see if there's a difference.Wish I could have gotten a good macro shot of the critter.
I am very new to the brugs, but had a similar experience recently. I planted my rooted plants (all 4 of them) outside and also a new large brug that was purchased from a nursery (growing outside but in a pot). Well, the large one and one of the cuttings kept drooping and wilting down in the evenings even though they weren't in the evening sun. I just went crazy and thought maybe it was the way I planted (amended soil, added some alfalfa pellets and osmocote). I watered them more often during the day instead of just morning and evening and now they have perked back up. Maybe it was the high humidity or too much fertilizer and I washed it out. Who knows. Since not all of the plants did that I assume it was just those certain ones had to get adjusted to the heat and sunlight. Thought my 7 little brugs were going to be decreased very fast, but somehow I was spared!