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Struggling with my holly hocks

lujain_k24lujain_k24 Posts: 4
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i bough 2 holly hocks from a local shop and repotted, few weeks later, a brown reddish colour started to appear on the plant and eat the leaves, they all dropped now. read some articles abour rust/fungus but im not sure, what can i do to save it?

2nd thing, all the tiny flower buds that were along the entire stalk, turned yellow and dried out and dropped. now i only have few buds at the very top end of the stalk. can i cut back the stem to the first set of leaves to promote new buds? given some seed pods have formed already and i removed them too late. im afraid if i cut back the stem, it wont regrow as its in the last season?

so to cut it short, my question is:
1. what can i do for the rust issue
2. can i cut back the stems now during flowering or not? if not, what else can i do?

Thanks a lot guys🤗
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  • RuthmshawRuthmshaw Posts: 45
    There is nothing that you can do as far as I know about the rust. But if you see hollyhock growing wild they always seem to be in the poorest driest soil so I would plant them in the meanest and sunniest place in the garden. That is what I’m trying anyway. Good luck!
  • gjautosgjautos Posts: 429
    Thats not rust. It looks more like the plant has suffered from a lack of water to me. 
  • lujain_k24lujain_k24 Posts: 4
    thanks!🤗 well can i trim the stalks?
  • lujain_k24lujain_k24 Posts: 4
    thanks a lot! does the rust contaminate the soil? i can get rid of this one if so, and use the seeds next year. most of its flowers have seeded anyway :)
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Thanks for the smile, your title conjured up a picture of you and a tall hollyhock doing battle! 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    How have the flowers seeded already, it hasn’t flowered yet has it. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • gjautosgjautos Posts: 429
    This is rust on a hollyhock. Yours looks completely different. In my opinion your plants have lacked moisture. With hollyhocks that have rust you can just remove the damaged leaves. Thats why you see a lot of hollyhocks with flowers and no leaves.
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Lyn said:
    How have the flowers seeded already, it hasn’t flowered yet has it. 
    The OP is in Egypt so perhaps that's the reason.
  • lujain_k24lujain_k24 Posts: 4
    @Lyn when i bought them, some flowers had already seeded and i have removed them. and yes exactly in egypt its 25-28 C already and summer hasnt even started yet, so its actually at the end of its cycle :). 

    @gjautos   will try adding some moisture as it doesnt look like this pic of rust at all. thanks!

    @SlipperyElm thanks very much for the article! im a beginner at gardening and its truly helpful! 

    Thanks a lot for your help guys, truly appreciate it 🤗🤗
  • gjautosgjautos Posts: 429
    @SlipperyElm. Me neither!🤣 but I have spent a lot of time cutting hollyhock leaves off🤣
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