My wife’s favourite plant is show signs of distress, but we don’t know what it is. Can anybody advise on a possible treatment, to help preserve our marital bliss?
They die off then grow again. Has it been dry recently?
SirLiftington
Has it been in the sun too much? I have one similar and have to move it if the sun gets too strong as the leaves burn and die off
orkslemon
Mine does this every now and it always bounces back after a bit. Even if all the leaves fall off, don’t panic – it’s just going into its dormant phase. They are tough plants but go back to being bulbs if they don’t like the conditions.
If it looks overcrowded in the pot, then try splitting it and repotting into more than one pot so it has more space. Or give it a good feed and see if that helps.
Existing_Ad_5811
Mine is doing the same, once it has finished flowering it does this. I then take it ‘off display’ while it dies back and does nothing for a bit. I usually repot the corms in new compost once it’s gone completely ( no idea if that’s the right thing to do but it seems to work as it’s usually pot bound) and it comes back when it’s had a nice long rest. This year it reappeared around May, I think.
react83
Some tips for you to make this plant beautiful again: gently pull off all of the old leaves from the base of the stem. Do the same for the flower stems. Then sprinkle on another 1/4 inch of fresh compost. Ensure the water can be free flowing and the plant is never allowed to sit in wet soil. Try to avoid long durations of direct sunlight, dappled shade is perfect. You will have a beautiful plant again in no time!
Edit: It looks like there are several healthy leaves in the still. Just remove the damaged ones and the flowers and let it recover. Still add a small amount of compost though. Or feed with a very diluted feed.
New-Bee8999
It’s Oxalis Triangularis. The leaves look like they have scorched a bit – common if it gets prolonged periods with direct sunlight.
You could try moving It if it’s getting too much sun – I have mine on an east facing window ledge, where it gets some morning sun but only for an hour.
It will naturally die back in the autumn and then come up again next spring.
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They die off then grow again. Has it been dry recently?
Has it been in the sun too much? I have one similar and have to move it if the sun gets too strong as the leaves burn and die off
Mine does this every now and it always bounces back after a bit. Even if all the leaves fall off, don’t panic – it’s just going into its dormant phase. They are tough plants but go back to being bulbs if they don’t like the conditions.
If it looks overcrowded in the pot, then try splitting it and repotting into more than one pot so it has more space. Or give it a good feed and see if that helps.
Mine is doing the same, once it has finished flowering it does this. I then take it ‘off display’ while it dies back and does nothing for a bit. I usually repot the corms in new compost once it’s gone completely ( no idea if that’s the right thing to do but it seems to work as it’s usually pot bound) and it comes back when it’s had a nice long rest. This year it reappeared around May, I think.
Some tips for you to make this plant beautiful again: gently pull off all of the old leaves from the base of the stem. Do the same for the flower stems. Then sprinkle on another 1/4 inch of fresh compost. Ensure the water can be free flowing and the plant is never allowed to sit in wet soil. Try to avoid long durations of direct sunlight, dappled shade is perfect. You will have a beautiful plant again in no time!
Edit: It looks like there are several healthy leaves in the still. Just remove the damaged ones and the flowers and let it recover. Still add a small amount of compost though. Or feed with a very diluted feed.
It’s Oxalis Triangularis. The leaves look like they have scorched a bit – common if it gets prolonged periods with direct sunlight.
You could try moving It if it’s getting too much sun – I have mine on an east facing window ledge, where it gets some morning sun but only for an hour.
It will naturally die back in the autumn and then come up again next spring.