crown imperial help

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  1. twin

    twin Apprentice Gardener

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    HELLO.
    Can Anyone Please help. I have a couple of Crown
    Imperials rex. I repoted them a week ago after a few days the flowers droped of and the leaves are turning brown at the edges, They are well watered and fed. Any help would be great.

    Thanks
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Why did you repot them? what size pots are they in now, were they in before? The flowers could be finished by now, mine are, but the leaves should still be green.
     
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    sorry for delay in responding.
    I bought them from B&Q .They came in 1 litre pots
    the plants are 2 feet high so I put them in 5 litre pots with a mixture of peat and compost fed them with bio slow release plant food.I have dead headed them and one has started to reflower.
    but the leaves are limp with brown tips. could it be something to do with the weather I live in the north and its always raining.

    Thanks again
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Right now it seems to be always raining here as well :(
    The rain wont hurt them, unless they're waterlogged.
    Cant understand when you say one is reflowering, you normally only get one set of flowers per stem.
     
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    I have been bringing them in doors when the weather gets to bad.Its just that they look in a bad way the leaves are limp and turning brown. Its been sunny for a couple of days now ill just have to see if they pick up. shame really I really liked the look of them when first bought.

    Thanks for replying.
     
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    Yeah it dont sound good, if you should lose them you could try next year buying the bulbs in autumn and planting them up yourself. Its much more satisfying, and interesting watching them grow and they dont suffer the change in growing conditions that they do when you buy them in flower.
     
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