On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 02:38:47 GMT, "Sabaa Mundia"
wrote:

hi there,
i bought a very big rhody plant this year and it flowered also very well. it
made new shoots but all of a sudden the shoots are drying up and then dying
(first starts drying up towards the extreame end the leaves droop downwards
then it follows back towards the inner part of the plant) what does this
mean. please help,
thanks ,
sabaa

As The DA says, it's probably dry. We've had a lot of hot dry weather
in the last few weeks and a freshly planted rhody won't have got it's
roots out into the soil yet to seek moisture (I assume it's not still
in its pot). Water it very well, several times over the next few days.
It may help the water to wet the soil if you add a few drops of
washing-up liquid to the water; it won't hurt the plant. When the
root-ball is really moist (but not before), mulch it well with a
two-inch thick layer of moist peat to help stop the soil drying by
evaporation. Water it regularly from now on (say twice a week) until
the autumn.


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Chris

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