On 17 Nov 2011 12:12:00 GMT, "AL_n" wrote:

Sacha wrote in :

Only a guess but I suspect you've potted them on too swiftly and their
still quite young roots are drowning! Even if you're letting them
drain between watering, they're still hanging about in very wet compost
and too much of it. As the weather is getting colder, the compost
isn't drying out quickly, either.

Thanks, Sacha. If you are right about this, can I save them from dying? Is
there an easy remedy, such as preventing further watering for a while? I
could move them indoors for a few weeks to allow the compost to dry out.

TIA

AL
I'll add to Sacha's comment - it does sound like waterlogging - by
suggesting that you carefully repot them. JI No 3 is a very claggy
compost on its own; if its waterlogged it can really suffocate the
roots and, as it dries, can cake hard around them. It really needs a
lot of added grit or similar (I use Perlite as it's lighter; some
people use Vermiculite but grit's good to weigh the pot down in a
windy location). Using JI no 2 would probably be better at the moment.

An added problem may be that the pot is standing right on top of a
hard surface and this will further impede drainage - if you can move
the pot onto, say, a gravel area or lift it off the slabs on pot
stands, that will help a lot.

Check that it doesn't become pot-bound, though. Grisselina, once
established, can be a bit of a thuggish grower and you may find it
needs repotting into a much larger tub early next year.

Cheers, Jake
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