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Originally Posted by jenilee
For future reference...what should I have done when I first noticed it??
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It starts with selecting a healthy specimen to purchase.
Don't look at the flowers. Flowers are pretty, but they don't say much about the health of the plant.
Healthy plant genitalia (aka flowers), doesn't necessarily cry out healthy plant.
Look at roots first. Then leaves.
Healthy, strong, and vigorous root systems, is a strong plant. Which may mean looking for a plant with the ugliest and scraggliest looking, tangled mess of healthy, plump, green roots possible. Ideally, the root mass should look like a writhing leviathan of roots.
Leaves should be green, and have no signs of yellow on the newer leaves. The older bottom leaves may be yellow, and it might be okay because the old leaves may be on their way out. Preferably look for a plant with a new leaf emerging from the crown. The emerging leaf should not be damaged. If it is, pass it up.
Flowers are last! Newly opened flowers shouldn't have blemishes. Look for yellowing or limp buds, and avoid these - they're stressed. Flowers that show signs of irregular streaks from virus shouldn't be purchased at all. In fact, if there's a sign of viral infections in one plant out of the bunch, don't buy any of the others, no exceptions!
Learn to discipline yourself with proper selection techniques, and you'll win half the battle.
Please help...it's dying!!!
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