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Problem with chamaecyparis

simo_3048DCcXeXisimo_3048DCcXeXi Posts: 8
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Hi, my chamaecyparis' leaves were pretty soft before, but now, since i didn't water it for more than a week, most of them have become really dry to the touch (not the upper ones though), but at the same time the same leaves are green as before; i gave it water some hours ago, but is there anything else i can do? Are they going to turn brown? Is the plant going to die somehow? I don't know the exact species of my chamaecyparis (i'm pretty sure it's not a chamaecyparis Sunkist as written on the pot); and i don't know why the leaves below are greener than the ones on top, it has always been like this.

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  • Wild_VioletWild_Violet Posts: 221
    You could try putting it in a bigger pot and water well. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hello and welcome to the forum 😊

    It urgently needs a much bigger pot with good drainage holes at the base, decent loambased compost (John Innes No 2 or 3) with a couple of handfuls of horticultural grit mixed in, and watering well. 
    Then place the pot on some small blocks or broken tiles or something so that the drainage holes can work. 
    Then every couple of days stick
    your forefinger into the compost up to the first joint … when the compost at that level feels dry give it another really good watering. 

    The pot it’s in is only suitable for very short periods of time while it’s waiting to be sold. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • simo_3048DCcXeXisimo_3048DCcXeXi Posts: 8
    Alright, thank you!
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