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Couldn't leave 'Great Enough' alone

Mystyspassion
18 years ago

This Year I acquired 4 different Passionflower Plants; one of them in particular was Thriving; I had areas in a Vine with 2 - 3 Flower Pods on the Same Stem. I have 2 Plants in a Large Pot about 18" high x 24" diam. One Passionflower has Light Green Leaves and the Other is Dark Green Leaves; I figured the 2 different variations of Purple Flowers would look beautiful together. Well the Dark Green one was turning Purple at the Tips from the research I read I felt it needed Phosphorus. So I went to the Garden Store Purchased All of my Organic Fertilizers Seperately so I could control what all of my Plants get. (I should have stuck to the pre-mix). Anyway I added the Potassium/Phosporus and I also added Some Nitrogen. Well what a mistake, my Dark Green Plant was Drooping, and then I looked at my Fuschia which I did the same thing; all 3 fuschia's were falling apart at the Nodes (the Nodes were Black). So I didn't want this to happen to my Passionflower, so I went to the store; purchased more Soil, and took out about 3/4" of the Old Soil and Put New Soil in. Well This morning the Dark Green one had perked up and was coming back. I had high hopes; well when I checked on it a few hours later; the Light Green one is in Full Droop; so I rinsed the Dirt out to get what salt there was to rise to the top, I then scraped the whole top off. Hopeully it will be better tomorrow. Any Suggestions for this kind of situation; any help would be appreciated so I know what to do in the future. I just couldn't leave well enough alone; my plants were doing great; I had tons of Flower Pods everywhere; and as I stated before there were spots where I literally had 3 Flower Pods on one Stem; I have never seen this before. Oh yes I forgot to mention I have a 3rd passionflower where I did the same thing; and all I did with that one as a precautionary measure is take the top 2 inches of soil off and replace it; I haven't seen any effects with that plant at all; that one is just as perky as it always was.

Comments (2)

  • Krstofer
    18 years ago

    3 days ago one of my my amethystinas- the biggest strongest one w/ the most flowers began to droop a little... I didn't pay much atention as I figured it just hadn't been watered in a few days, but the timer(s) would take care of that.

    I'd forgotten that I'd just switched up the timing cycles to longer in-between waterings..

    Temps hit 100+ 2 days ago..

    Yesterday the timer finally came on.. May have been too little too late as the soil surrounding where she's planted was bone dry..And it looks like I may have lost 1/3 to 1/2 the vine.

    Looking back now, "Oh Well" I say.. I should have payed more attention, but it's too late now.

    So I gusee sometimes "leaving things alone" isn't the thing to do either.

  • Mystyspassion
    Original Author
    18 years ago

    Well Today; things seem to be perking up; both plants have lost quite a few of their leaves the Caerulea has lost quite a bit of its leaves; all the ones that were damaged and had turned color fell off today; and some of the Buds as well. The Alato seems to be doing better than the Caerulea; the leaves aren't as droopy today; it has lost some leaves but not as many as the Caerulea; Both seem to be perking up now. I am sure it also had to do with the fact that I had to change the soil which in turn I lost some of the far extended Roots; but if I had left the soil in I think I would have lost the plant for good; so I had to take the chance and change it. Now that both have lost some foilage; the root system won't have to work as hard; and I am hoping it will come back better than ever.

    Funny thing; I put some of the same Fertilizer in my Lady Margaret and it is doing fine; when I saw the effect of the other two I took the top inches of soil out of the Lady and replaced it; but I never once saw any change in the Plant overall. It seems even though they are all from the Passionflower family; they all seem to need completely different things; From now on I am just going to give the Big pot with the 2 Different Passionflower plants the Premix Fertilizer; that seems the safest way to go.

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