Korina - hello,

It is most possibly the botrytis. I lost several episcias recently. It starts with brown ends of the stems and stolons. Whatever is still alive - you need to dip/spray with a fungicide that has botrytis on the list - and try to reroot it.

Good luck

Irina

Korina, I hate to hear that. I am just starting now with a couple of episcias and I'm nervous about them. I'll trade with you if you want.

Good luck with all your babies. Let us know how it turns out.

-Mo (WV)

About wicking episcias--I've kept episcias on various kinds of wicking systems for more years than I care to think about, and they do very well that way (usually!) I wonder if botrytis might be what happened to a few I've lost on occasion. In our hot steamy summers I put them outside, often in coir-lined hanging baskets, and they do very well without wicking. But they do need to be watered fairly consistently, which is why I wick them--consistency is not my middle name!

Thanks, all. If it was botrytis it must've hit just the roots, because everything looked and smelled healthy. The roots looked possibly iffy, but the stems looked fine. I'll wick the little tyke(s) when it/they root.

Korina