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Please Save my Plant!
Durrendal
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Hey hey.
Like I said in a couple threads, I had to go out of town for a week recently and lo, like the crazy place I live in temperatures decided to soar up to 29C. My houseplants were in full direct sun without any water for a week.
Now this dude was 100% ok when I had left it. Now after the week it has brown lower leaves, green curling leaves all over and even newest leaves are curly. 
I attributed it to heat stress and gave it a good drink for 3 days and since I'm in tropics, watered whenever the soil went dry but to no change yet.
Will this plant be okay? How can I help it? Some leaves are still browning so has it passed point of no return o just aftershocks?
Please help!
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Put it in the shade ... keep the soil damp but not wet, and hope for the best.
Even in the UK, when I go away in the summer for more than a day I move my potted plants, indoor and outdoor ones, into a sheltered shady spot.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You could try some seaweed tonic (not feed) as a fine spray. It wont save the dead brown leaves but if the roots are alive it might stimulate some new bud break, and a fresh set of leaves.
What compost do you use for your plants? they look to be in half a bucket of old garden soil, maybe some decent compost and fill the bucket to within an inch from the top would help. U
Your other one looked much the same, try repotting then keep damp.
Yeah, it has garden soil, a little compost because it was just planted and I was cautioned against using compost right after planting.
I'll do that, but will it help? The brown leaves have gotten a bit crunchy and the green one dont unwilt even after evening.
Shrubs are hungry little things, I’m not saying it will cure your plants that are already suffering but it’s worth a try and you can do that in future if you get replacements.
A nice John innes based compost, New from the garden centre, then regular feeding throughout the growing season.