my jasmine sambac has gone dry?

Question

I have two jasmine sambac plants potted and kept in full sun. They flowered twice during summer and suddenly oneday they went dry. the whole plant kinda lost all its leaves and dried out. I didn't lose hopes so I kept watering it and fed it with Miracle grow bloom boosters twice. now I see leaves and the plant also gave some flowers, but the plant on the whole still looks very dry with just few green leaves and maybe a few buds. What should i do. the pots that I have planted them in are medium size pots andmy plant is almost 2ft high. Should I plant them on ground, so that the roots have more space to grow I have kept these plants in full sun now, where it gets light till 1:00pm and there after it stays in shade. Please help me save my plant. Am I doing the right thing in maintaining them. i live in Tx

Answer 1

Hey there! Fellow Texan..the Japanese Beetles were horrendous this year..I would lay my money on that! Try Neem Oil ..if that IS what the problem was.go ahead and treat the area...I had mine in pots..then moved it into the ground..did battle with the Beetles..and won!.Also, use the Neem on your other plants..but if you have Hibiscus..dont put it on those..and avoid any blooms or buds on your other plants. I live in South Texas..near Corpus and I water my plants daily because of the hot, humid weather..unless of course, it's raining like it has been lately! Also, dont forget to fertilize/feed your plants!(ps Neem Oil is CHEAP and so is fertilizer)(another ps..dont go by Singapore, honey..THIS is TEXAS we are talkin bout!)

Answer 2

They would prefer to be in the ground with a fence or trellis to grow on. You can tell if it is root bound by looking at the bottom of the pot. Are there are roots growing out the bottom?

Aerate the pots: Use a screw driver, pencil, scissors to poke holes is the dirt. Then water. You can tell by the weight of the potted plant when it needs water. Light = dry, heavy = wet

Answer 3

Hi Friend... you are really a person whom never give up even it's just a plant. GOod for you =)

First of all, you didn't do anything wrong at all. You did it all well. From what i've analyized, i think that your plant needs fertilizer.

SEcondly, i think your plant is root-bound; meaning, the roots are going round and round inside your pot. Go now, take out everything and take a look at the roots. If they are going circles, you can either transplant them into a Bigger pot or what you've asked, into the soil/ground. If you do so, PLEASE, water your plants throughly because everytime you transplant plants, they are under immerse stress. Of course, they are plants, they can't speak. =)

Thirdly, did you Keep on digging around the roots? Did you overfed fertilizers to your plants? Ask yourself.. If there is nothing you did to the plants, then, try solution 1 & 2.

ANother thing to do is to find out more of Jasminium sambac; the requirements, conditions of growing them, etc.

Also, go and measure your pH of your soil.

If you are planting them into the soil, please do make sure that the condition previously you've given to your plants are quite similar- eg. soil, temperature, wind velocity, amount of watering, pH, etc.

Remember, there is no need to fertilizer the plant after each transplant. you will instead, stress it more. =) Wait for them to flower and after flowering, you fertilizer them =)

I'm certain that they will come to life and flowers for you again.

From my knowledge, i know that jasminium sambac is a high maintenance plant. Full is required for this plant and you are doing perfectly right. =)

One thing you must know is that, when a plant flowers, it means that the plant is going to die, hence, they flower and set fruit, hoping that the offspring will carry on their generation. THis is a horticulture belief. =)

ANd when a plant flowers, it takes a lot of energy to do so. From your question you stated that your plant only have some few leaves left, i think that your plant lack of SOMETHING. Refer to the top for solutions and good luck!!!

Well, i live in Singapore, studying horticulture and i have not planted any jasmine yet =)
Still, i'm just sharing my knowledge with you.


Hope my answer satisfied you.


That's all folks.

Answer 4

if it's dry then water it. maybe you need to water it twice a day instead of just when it looks dry. It also might need a bigger pot.

Answer 5

well put a little water on it!