dry brown leaves on my zinnia
Posted: June 26th, 2011, 7:53 am
Hi,
i would really appreciate some help with my problem. I'm new to gardening. Recently i got some fully grown zinnia from the nursery. They had lovely flowers on them. On coming home i decided to move them to bigger pots ( 8" plastic ones). Then i realized my mistake. They were all severely root-bound. After transplanting half of them died. I don't think I over-water as they are usually a little limp in the late afternoon. My pots have excellent drainage (went crazy with a drill!). If I accidentally ever over water it just starts coming through the drain holes at the bottom. Then i got some seedlings from the nursery with 2-3 leaf sets each and transplanted them into pots. My problem is that the leaves on my older plants as well as newer seedlings become brown, sometimes the whole leaves sometimes the edges and the leaves become a little curled. All my pots are on the terrace in full sun. I got them 10 days ago.
i would really appreciate some help with my problem. I'm new to gardening. Recently i got some fully grown zinnia from the nursery. They had lovely flowers on them. On coming home i decided to move them to bigger pots ( 8" plastic ones). Then i realized my mistake. They were all severely root-bound. After transplanting half of them died. I don't think I over-water as they are usually a little limp in the late afternoon. My pots have excellent drainage (went crazy with a drill!). If I accidentally ever over water it just starts coming through the drain holes at the bottom. Then i got some seedlings from the nursery with 2-3 leaf sets each and transplanted them into pots. My problem is that the leaves on my older plants as well as newer seedlings become brown, sometimes the whole leaves sometimes the edges and the leaves become a little curled. All my pots are on the terrace in full sun. I got them 10 days ago.