My caapi needs attention but I'm not sure what...

[IndianDreaming]

My Aya plant is not looking well...

Its gradually been getting worse and I'm really unsure what it to do about it. I would be rather upset to lose her so any advice you may have would be more than welcome!

Leaves are yellowing, veins remaining green, ends turning brown/necrotic - The plant itself is rather long and spindly...

I checked out this helpful guide: https://www.icmag.com/modules/Tutorials/PlantTrouble/Merged.htm EDIT: I only just noticed this is a weed growing site...

But I'm still not sure and I'm reluctant to try anything without advice because I have a tendency to over pamper my plants and kill them. I'm thinking maybe #4 or #6? I've only ever fed this plant Seasol and Charlie carp as fertiliser, occasionally I've used a tiny bit of Magnesium Sulphate in the water because I have some other plants that like that so I'm leaning against magnesium deficiency.

Could it be Potassium(K) deficiency combined with too much Nitrogen(N) and too small a pot?

Edited August 13, 2013 by IndianDreaming

[Sallubrious]

That doesn't look too bad too me.

You really shouldn't go looking for nutrient deficiency symptoms in old leaves as the plant recycles nutrients from the old leaves to the new shoots & new leaves. Those brown tips could be just from the cold weather too especially if the RH has been low.

Coming out of winter (especially a Melbourne winter)I think it looks OK as the discoloured leaves are old growth.

Just re-pot it into a larger pot with some half decent potting mix and then get it into the ground (if you can) in a few weeks when the overnight temps are bit higher and the soil has started to warm a bit.

Edited August 13, 2013 by SallyD

[Stillman]

it needs a bigger pot or to be put in the ground these plants want to be massive giants.

[GoOnThen]

Looks typical of a tropical plant suffering a bit in winter.

Mine hung in there until we had a couple of weeks of cold weather and then it started showing all of the traits of cold / frost stress.

Cheers

Got

[IndianDreaming]

Wild! Thanks - I've had it indoors over the winter, I probably should have mentioned that. In one of those $20 bunnings tents, with a light. Leaving it outside here I think it'd be dead already, it's been so damn cold!

So should I wait till it warms up a bit before re-potting it or do it tonight? I've killed a lot of plants re-potting them, so I've been holding off on doing that.

Edit: Thinking about it - most of the plants I've killed re-potting I grew from seed and probably re-potted too early, I think I can manage to re-pot this one without too much hassle and then in a month or so pop it in the ground. I'll cover it next winter and hopefully by then it can handle a bit of cold. Thanks.

Edited August 13, 2013 by IndianDreaming

[cactuscarl]

Agree^^^ Caapi stops growing completely when its rootbound or at least mine did. Its been repotted twice and both times it took off within two weeks. Its now in the ground and is growing like crazy.

[bogfrog]

Mean. Time for a repot at my house then.

Cheers guys.

[bℓσωηG]

id chuck some worms in the pot ,theyll help

[bogfrog]

Hi folks. I'm in the same predicament IndianDreaming was when he started this thread, so I thought I'd bump this and jump on the bandwagon.

Can anyone tell me what my caapi is asking for with these strange patterns?

It only seems to show on the top two leaves at the moment, although I have seen this patterning earlier in its growth this season.

Potting medium is commercial potting mix, a couple hand fulls of fine pumice and a good serve of worm castings were applied when I first moved her to the greenhouse about 4-5 months ago.

Growth has been occurring in short bursts then stopping for a while. Until a month ago it had just a singular growth point, but now I have a few nice healthy side shoots coming out at the base - which are not affected by the mottling pattern.

Feeding has been pretty irregular, some seasol once a month or so, I realise it needs a lot more, but the weather has been very cold and gloomy so I have held off with the fertiliser more than I usually would have for this time of year.

The munch marks are probably from slugs, which seem to have taken a liking to it.

Pics:

Top leaves

Shoots

Nutrient deficiency? Hungry for ferts? I dunno.

Any advice or wise words will be cherished. I'm relatively new to growing with this plant, and I haven't quite got her wants and needs well-understood yet.

Cheers.

Edit: ah! Why is this in chill space? Can a mod please move this thread to ethnobotany?

Edited December 20, 2013 by Ceres