transplant shock ?

what is your watering protocol?

ken

Everything transplanted well. I put them in back in February. I'm watering every week now. Every plant in the entire garden, including 3 other broom bushes I bought at the same time is flourishing. :0(
M

While it looked like two days to you something was going on much longer. You might waant to talk with the people at your county office of the Texas A & M Cooperative Extension Service.

Here is a link that might be useful: TAMU CES

I called them and they said it sounds like an anomaly. The symptoms don't have the characteristics of how diseases hit the plants. He suggests just taking that one plant back and having them replace it. There is the option of sending it in for a $35 disease test. If it isn't a disease then they wouldn't be able to tell me what it is. I'll replace the plant and then if it happens to any of the other plants, I'll pay the $35 and send it in.

Thanks so much for the advice. I didn't find out what did happen, but I don't feel worried about the rest of my garden now.

Please post images.

Mona_Lisa_67, if a plant goes from flourishing to brown (burnt) in two days, I'd bet that it was something abiotic - like being doused with with something like water from the swimming pool, gasoline/coolant spill (turf), hot gases from auto exhaust etc. Within 3 days, a very large and luxuriant fishtail palm turned brown in the showroom of an auto dealership. It turned out that the floor had been stripped and the contents of a mop bucket were poured into the plant container.
The answer often lies in the recent history of how the plant was treated - if you can obtain it.

I'm trying to get the photos uploaded now. I took them with my phone and am waiting for them to show up in my inbox.
I have been out looking at everything and I'm thinking a couple of things.
I have been watering at night since I work a lot and I have worms.
Maybe that's it. Once I get the photos up maybe it will help.
M

I'm trying to upload the photos. It's my first time, so I hope it works.
{{gwi:1153880}}May 5, 2012

weird how on the original post.. way up above.. it lists TX ... but your more recent replies.. say NONE ... and on your newer posts ....

what is your native soil ??? as compared to the potting media on the plant ... a wide divergence of media to soil. can lead to all kinds of water management problems ... and such can lead to root rots .. and once those rot.. the plant will brown very quickly ...

on the other posts.. i guess cold damage can probably be ruled out.. lol ...

ken

Root system looks bone dry. As ken suggested, could be watering issue.

I checked and I think maybe I'm not watering enough. I water many times a week but maybe I'm not using enough water and it's drying out too fast. The soil is very sandy and on a slope with no shade. I watered deeper yesterday so we'll see if things pick up.