I planted my basjoos outside on Memorial Day, May 30th. (zone 5, southern WI). So they've been in the ground for 3 weeks...wow, it seems longer than that! What's wrong with them? Too much sun? Too much water? Not enough? I mixed in some thoroughly composted horse manure within the soil when I planted them. They get some wind protection, but we did have an F1 tornado make a visit, leaving a lot of tree damage in the area, but my basjoos made it through no problem....this was a week and a half ago.
As bad as they look, they are producing new leaves like crazy, everytime a new leave unrolls, another one pops up. I haven't timed it, but they've probably popped out a new leaf once a week? When they were in the house, a bottom leaf was drying up/dying so I'd cut it off. Otherwise they'd have a lot more leaves than they do. But now it appears something is happening to ALL of the leaves! What could be wrong with them, and is there anything I can do? I know I can't "fix" the leaves that are already damaged, but what bothers me is that every new leaf they produce is going to most likely end up the same way. I have not measured them. Hubby seems to think they've grown a little since in the ground. Me....doesn't seem so. Maybe I need to measure them so I can keep track of that. I don't want to lose them. But this looks awful!
In the pic, you can tell by the condition which is the newest leaf, and you can also see a new one starting to pop up from within the plant.
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