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Questions tagged [recovery]

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How to prune chili plants to help recover from transplant shock

I have a ghost pepper plant I'm growing indoors, and I just (5 days ago) transplanted it from a 7" to a 12" pot. Not knowing any better at the time, I broke up the roots a bit during transplant. Now my plant is wilting, but the soil feels moist to…
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What must I do to save this kalanchoe?

The leaves of this kalanchoe are thin and greyish. I noticed that the main stem looks like the trunk of a tree. When I received it as a gift, it was beautiful, very small and filled with flowers. But then it was thrown off of its pot many times by…
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Saving a Tree With Frost Damage

I have a friend who left a Redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum) sapling out in the cold and snow a few months ago. It's still alive- it has some green needles still- but it's slowly getting browner and browner. What can be done to revitalize it? It's…
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How can I help my succulent?

so I think I have an Haworthia Fasciata and I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. I think I was over watering, so I stopped watering And put it outside for 3 days to dry out. it’s been a few weeks now without water and in this new spot. I have it by a…
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Tomato plant, fungal, can anyone help me save them?

I am new to the site as well as growing tomatoes, so any help would really be appreciated! I have attached photos of my tomato plants. White spots appeared on the leaves and I applied diluted neem oil thinking it was fungus. Since then, the leaves…
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Will succulent leaves grow back?

I recently bought a succulent as part of a gift box for a friend's birthday. I am taking care of it for a bit longer than I was expecting, and I suspect I have over-watered it. It's leaves are yellowing and dry. I will be presenting the gift on July…
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Can I save this Northfork Pine?

I recently re-potted this guy to a pot thang would drain at the bottom and have moved him over the course of a few months to a spot that has more light. The color has continued to get darker and the tip are curling. When I reported it, I watered it…
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Kentia palm leaves turn brown

I have bought a 7 foot Kenia Palm about 6 weeks ago and keep it indoors in spot with indirect light. The palm gets 1/2 gallon of water once a week and I added half a tablespoon of 20-20-20 all purpose fertilizer for the first time last week to the…
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How should I deal with my willow tree that has been butchered by the council?

This willow tree was pruned, and cut back to stump. I believe that whoever was cutting the tree didn't know what he was doing. Today we returned home and were hugely shocked. The willow tree was somewhere above 3.5 meters (not sure exactly, maybe…
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My hydrangea is just stems, can it be saved?

My hydrangea plant is small. Had two flowers and full leaves. Prior to pruning the drying flowers the leaves started curling and drying in a dark green variation. You can see the remainder on the soil. Every leaf that has grown in starts growing…
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Will flattened hostas recover and regrow?

We are faced with a devastating unexpected and unavoidable dig-up of our front yard due to sewer repairs. Our front gardens are large and established, and on Monday morning a track hoe is going to destroy half of it. We have two days to dig up and…
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Something dug up my 1yo plumeria, should I prune off its leaves?

I'm growing a very small plumeria in a container (I'm in Wisconsin). It's just a year old - a stem and four leaves. Recently, I put it outside for the summer so it could get proper sun. Today, I came home to find that something had dug it out of the…
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Calla - recover from root rot

I have a calla lily, which i seem to have overwatered. The leaves turned yellow and started to come off at their base. I repotted today and noticed, that almost all the roots were rotten. I removed the rotten roots, and the rhizome seems to be…
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Slip left in water to take root for too long

I have left a large healthy Morning Glory (not sure if Ipomoea macrantha or Ipomoea violacea) slip in a cup of mineral water for it to take root. But I delayed to plant it for many days and now it is pale and burnt, but roots still looking pretty…
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What to do about the Collapsed Branch on my Cactus (possibly Austrocylindropuntia subulata)

I have what an app has identified as Austrocylindropuntia subulata. I've had it for about 25 years, although my mum has always looked after it. It's grown from about an inch high to almost six feet and seems mostly very happy. However, one of the…
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