sick red leaf?
I purchased a red leaf pup a few months ago and it has been doing fine - I knew it would not survive the winter here (zone 8b) but as I was pushed for time I quickly dropped it in a hole in a newly set-up raised bed, knowing I would have to move it to a pot and inside for the winter. Last weekend I dug it up and put it in a large pot - I simply dug up enough soil to fill the pot thus being able to move the pup relatively undisturbed. The pot was moved into a heated greenhouse where it seems to have settled in. However, I noticed last evening that all the lovely burgandy red leaves have yellow streaks through them and are curling along the edges. It also it looks like someone has dusted the outside of the unrolled new leaf with small flecks of brownish "lint" - I have no other words to describe it.
The greenhouse maintains a night time temperature of about 15 degrees celcius and all the plants inside (numerous other "tender" perennials and shrubs) are watered daily but not enough to cause humidity problems.
Any ideas?
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