really red really sad

[topshelf12]

  Hi everyone,
I potted up my really red about a week ago from a 4 inch pot.  I gave all my hibs including really red some Safari Green light  granules.  I watered it and now all most all the leaves are drooping and somewhat limp. The greenhouse got down to 48 so I brought it inside. How do I know which action I did caused this or was it a combination  of things?  Too cold, too much water, roots burned by systemic product, Stress of re potting?
thanks
Norm

[helixturnhelix]

Hi Norm,

I am sorry to hear about your Really Red. As a general rule, unless my plants are indoors or in a heated greenhouse, I try not to re pot during the winter.  There usually is not enough sunlight or heat to stimulate growth into the new media, and cooler weather is much more conducive to fungal growth.  It sounds like your Really Red, could possibly be suffering from wilt disease, in which case there isnt too much you can do about it except let it dry out.  If it is stress related, the best thing to do is keep it warm, even put it on a heat pad to warm up the root zone.  I would also start spraying with a product containing auxin and cytokinins to stimulate growth.  My product of choice is Nitrozime, but super nova also has these ingredients. 

Good luck, and I hope it comes out of it! 

[topshelf12]

  thanks  for your reply.  I just sprayed it with super nova. I put it on a heating mat at night and have it in a south facing window in the daytime. I also just gave it a pep talk.
thanks again

[davidwood]

Its the stress of re-potting, its happened to me a few times especially if you disturb the roots to much.
But I have found one thing that does help, if its really stressed with very limp leaves I spray and then place a large Polly bag over the whole plant, bit like you do when growing a cutting, then put it somewhere really warm and leave it, this seems to work really well and better than keep spraying the leaves. Good luck.

[Charlie]

Norm, Chris and David gave some good advice. Potting up is dangerous in winter, best avoided unless you have excellent conditions of light and especially warmth.

Chris, I'm not sure what you prefer about Nitrozyme. Supernova is a more complete product with more info available about what is in it and unlike Nitrozyme it is formulated with a wetting agent that makes it spread and stick to the leaves it is sprayed on instead of running off in larger droplets. Of course the proof is in the pudding and this forum is full of photos of the benefits of using Supernova. Both products are based on a special seaweed extract but Supernova has other additives such as B vitamins that are beneficial in transplanting as well as small amounts of the main fertilizer minerals nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

Charlie