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Black tips on leaves, red blotching on leaves & flowerstalk

Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 10:21 pm
by akinkysnorlax
My pot of capensis seems to be in trouble. My typical seems to be suffering and so are the others. The alba is the least effected. I am trying to figure out how to solve the issue. The top moss on the pot is deceiving. The pot is always moist because I am using sphagnum peat moss as a main media and LFS as the top layer. I am wondering if I am actually overwatering them? I have experienced this red blotching before but have never figured out what it has meant. I don't know if it is too dry around the plants or what. It is definitely not because of the lights I am using though.

Red blotching on flowerstalk
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Suffering typical
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Black tips on ends of leaves
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Thanks for the help in advance

Re: Black tips on leaves, red blotching on leaves & flowerst

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:09 am
by Goodkoalie
your plants look fine. It is the time of year where, right after flowering, they go into a mega growth spurt, so it will be making tons of new leaves soon.

Re: Black tips on leaves, red blotching on leaves & flowerst

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:05 pm
by roarke
This is the second year for me when about all my d. capensis alba have this problem, after i let them flower 2-3 times each.