Three Out of Six

12 years ago

My husband brought home a potted Miniature Rose plant. There were six plants total. I re-potted them , three each, in two 10" clay pots with fresh store bought Super Soil Potting Mix and about 40% Peat Moss. I put them under the kitchen sky light since every day has been 100* + F in the afternoons. Here it is two days later and one group look nice and perky and the other has everything drooping. I melted ice cubes on top of the soil and they started to come back. They drooped again and since the moisture meter said "enough", I used the meter to put holes all around almost through to the bottom. Now I have them by a southern exposure window for the light. No direct sunlight. The other is still happily sitting under the sky light on the kitchen counter. Does anyone know why there would be such an opposite result when everything was re-potted, watered, etc, equally?

This post was edited by Dutchman99 on Mon, Jun 30, 14 at 15:47

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ken-n.ga.mts
12 years ago
No idea why but the wilted ones I would remove the buds so all the energy can go into keeping the root system happy. It also looks like you are going to lose some foliage. Don't worry about that. If the canes are green, they're still alive. Keep it in the south side window until it starts to perk up. I get these store mini's all the time. When I separate them, sometimes a few will go into shock but come back strong. But every once in a while I'll have a cane die. As long as I get a couple4 of these to take, I'm a happy camper.
Dutchman99
Original Author
12 years ago
Thank you for the quick follow up and useful information. I will keep them in that window but maybe wait a day or two before I cut the buds off. The foliage usually comes right back. I guess they stuff multiple plants in one little pot to make them look good for the consumer.
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seil zone 6b MI
12 years ago
Water! If they perked up when you put the ice cubes on them then they need more water. Those ice cubes were just a tease and they want more! Transplanted roses often need a lot of water to get settled in. Water them until the water comes out the bottom of the pot. And DO NOT let water sit in those trays, EVER. Although they like a lot of water they hate to have their roots sitting in it. The trays will hold water in the bottom of the pot and the roots will rot.