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Hi! Late summer my beautiful baby sun rose bloomed and after they all died off I read that it would encourage new blooms by deheading them, I followed that and now she has been slowly dying from the base, up, I thought maybe it's because blooms won't regrow there and it's shedding but it seems to be it could affect the whole plant? I don't want her to die and I'm not sure what I can do. I water her about once a month the stem is dead but still attached. It starts off at the stem and slowly spreads to the base and the leaves.
Hi! Late summer my beautiful baby sun rose bloomed and after they all died off I read that it would encourage new blooms by deheading them, I followed that and now she has been slowly dying from the base, up, I thought maybe it's because blooms won't regrow there and it's shedding but it seems to be it could affect the whole plant? I don't want her to die and I'm not sure what I can do. I water her about once a month the stem is dead but still attached. It starts off at the stem and slowly spreads to the base and the leaves.

5β pot with drainage

Last watered 5 months ago
Hi, I wasn't sure what she was potted in but it's definitely not regular and possibly a succulent soil it was very fast draining and not absorbent so much I could never really put my finger into the soil. I think she was root bound too because so many roots were dry and dehydrated they didn't look like roots, and alot fell off as I just repotted her to orchids soil mix with perlite, I'm hoping she doesnt experience repotting shock it was so difficult to remove all tiny roots from the really dry soil! Although she loved whatever it was, looking back, she did show signs of needing water about every 3 ish weeks, she used to be an all outdoors plant, when I got her she got 3 to 6 hours of indirect bright light and she loved it and boomed atleast 7 times, I'm not sure how I managed to underwater her, besides the decaying all her leaves still look beautiful !
I have a couple varieties of baby sun roses, mine live outside in Florida & like to be watered about every 7 days. Yours does look very dehydrated.. id maybe give that thing a good heavy soaking, but Iβd also recommend a smaller terracotta pot.. Iβve found the more crowded they are the better they grow but terracotta ensures the soil dries out quick enough to stay away from root/stem rot. Iβd also water a bit sooner than almost a month. These also are sun loving & the sun encourages tighter leaves, new growth & blooms! Hope it bounces back π€
@wearenature it sure did perk up!!
@wearenature oh hey, just wanted to mention that I donβt think those sucked up stems are going to fill back out so Iβd maybe cut whatβs dead off so she can focus on new growth & the roots energy βΊοΈ hope sheβs doing better !