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Jasmine Nitidum not growing, having brown tips on leaves

Posted by hlily z5 IL (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 30, 08 at 23:09

I purchased this plant from a mail order company last year. It remains small and the leaf tips are brown. All I read about this plant say it is a fast grower. What am I doing wrong? It is is a pot on the north side of the house and gets evening sun. Please advise.
thanks
Hlily


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RE: Jasmine Nitidum not growing, having brown tips on leaves

Hlily,

Browning of leaf tips especially when it starts at the older, mature leaves almost always means fertilizer burn. If you fertilized your plant, it means you have likely overfertilized it.

If this is the case, you need to repot your jasmine in a new fertilizer-free soil. (If you don't do this, the browning of leaf tips will continue to spread until your plant dies or if you are lucky, until after the high fertilizer level in the soil subsides and becomes 'manageable' to the plant.)

If you didn't fertilize the plant at all, the nursery from where you bought it might have done so. You can also check on soil moisture. Browning of leaf tips is also a sign of dehydration brought about by insufficient watering or too much sun exposure. (The browning in this case however, is not limited to the leaf tips only.)

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