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shanna5_gw

Please help...verigated kerrii.

18 years ago

My heart leaf verigated kerrii, is in a Eastern window.

I am having problems with my kerrii, I have lost one leaf and I am in the process of loosing another. The first one kinda turned brown then the second got a brown spot on the edge of the leaf and then it is starting to yellow. I know yellowing leaves are a sign of overwatering but what about the browning. I read somewhere on here that kerrii's have a tendcy to loose new leaves, well there is a new leaf but that's not the one I am having problems with. Until recently I thought taking care of hoyas were easy. Maybe I am just getting too many that when a couple of them have issues I get stressed.

Please help

shanna

Comments (6)

  • 18 years ago

    Yellowing is not only a sign of overwatering, it can also be a sign of underwatering - kerrii doesn't like to have wet feet though, so it's more likely that it would get overwatered than underwatered. Anyway, not sure what the brown is or why leaves are falling off - a pic would definitely help.

    Also, what are the conditions it is in (besides eastern exposure, which I think is great for hoyas). How often are you watering, is it in fast draining soil, etc. I think you had mentioned you have been getting hoyas from Ebay - if it's from who I think it is, he tends to use very peaty soil. I usually end up repotting his plants into a loose mixture, especially when I notice problems (my kerrii from him initially had brown spots on the leaves and it got better as soon as I put it into a soil I feel more comfortable with - but I never had yellowing or dropping of leaves).

    Gabi

  • 18 years ago

    I think kerrii was one of the first Hoyas I got that wasn't a carnosa-related Hoya and I had some trouble with it the first couple of years. It would put on a bit of new growth and look happy, then it would drop a few leaves and be back to where I started. It seems like when it really started to do well for me was when I got my GH, where I keep it on the top shelf getting maximum sun and heat all year long. It gets pretty dry between waterings - it's the one that I always hesitate before watering. If I have any doubts at all about how much moisture there might be in the pot, I wait a few more days.

    Your zone is pretty close to mine (not sure if you're in northern or southern MO), so if I were you and you have a south window, I'd move it to get more light during the winter months. This will also make it dry out faster in case it's just staying too cool and wet too long.

    Denise in Omaha

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  • 18 years ago

    Gabi
    what is your soil mixture?

    Denise, I will move it tonight to my southern table of plants.

    Thank you
    Shanna

  • 18 years ago

    Denise

    Capitol City (Jefferson City, MO)--close to.

  • 18 years ago

    That's a good idea about moving it to a southern window.

    My mixture is: regular potting soil, orchid bark, and perlite (1:1:1 ratio - in other words, equal parts of each).

    Gabi

  • 18 years ago

    Ok, I moved my verg. kerrii to a southern window a couple of days ago so we'll see how it goes.

    Gabi - I do the same mixture except the orchid bark, so I will start adding that to my mixture. thanks

    thanks shanna

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