Gardenia Leaves turning Brown.

[asif23]

AOA,
Can any body kindly advise why my gardenia plant leaves suddenly started turning brown and eventually the plant dies. My 3 or 4 flowering plant died due to this problem. No change in the existing environment. Normal watering. No additional fertilizers just routine ones. Soil PH is also 4 to 5.

Thanks in advance for your valuable suggestions.

Regards
Asif.

[Izhar]

How old the plants were?? what was the potting mix??

[asif23]

Dear Izhar Sb,

Thanks for your swift response.
They are newly grown from the cuttings of old plants (which I took from them before dying). They are hardly 3 to 4 months old. Potting mix is coco chips with very little fertilizer (Osmocote).

Regards
Asif.

[Izhar]

The winter season is harsh for tropical grown gardenia (imported ones)... your potting mix is also not suitable, though i would not suggest changing it now... get some anti-fungal product for plants and drench them with its solution..

Also keep them under full sun..

My Gardenias shed 90% leaves during winters and become cholorotic despite acidic soil, they bounce back by March end....