I surfed through a bunch of leaf curl threads this morning, I couldn't decide what my problem actually was. I'm worried about my LSU purple right now, and its severe leaf curl. Can't do pics right now, but I can describe it well enough. Big healthy plant (5th year) in a huge (~100-150 lb with potting mix) pot. It has been leafing out the past few weeks, but the leaves started to curl 3-4 days ago. I watered it 2 days ago (for first time in a week), and it got worse. The rain last night exacerbated the problem even more, and the leaves are majorly curled, and slightly (though not drastically) limp...was like that this morning as well, so its not like its a 'heat of the day' type of phenomenon. It has shown FMV in previous years, but no visible symptoms this year.
I feel like 2 options could be the culprit.
1) Overwatering, and killed a bunch of roots. To be fair, I've never overwatered this guy before...so I dunno how I'd do it now.
2) Roots just can't support all the fresh growth. Its only been leafing out for a few weeks, and it already has 1.5-2 fold more foliage on it this year compared to last. HUGE leaves compared to last year. And its all really fresh, so not the best at retaining water. Is it possible that the tree is just struggling to keep up right now? I feel like the fact that it didn't get better overnight (when it was cool and damp) suggests this isn't the case.
I know pics make all the difference, but any advice or thoughts you all have would be awesome.
I feel like 2 options could be the culprit.
1) Overwatering, and killed a bunch of roots. To be fair, I've never overwatered this guy before...so I dunno how I'd do it now.
2) Roots just can't support all the fresh growth. Its only been leafing out for a few weeks, and it already has 1.5-2 fold more foliage on it this year compared to last. HUGE leaves compared to last year. And its all really fresh, so not the best at retaining water. Is it possible that the tree is just struggling to keep up right now? I feel like the fact that it didn't get better overnight (when it was cool and damp) suggests this isn't the case.
I know pics make all the difference, but any advice or thoughts you all have would be awesome.
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