Dessert rose in trouble

[SunnyGarden1994]

HI guys,

I have a big dessert rose, which I re-pot about once a year around christmas to keep the root growing bigger and bigger.
I love it.

This is the first time ever that it started doing this.
They are all on the same branch or on the same side of the plant.

Is it a bug or sickness? I don't know what to do. I don't want it to spread any further

 

[Chuck]

IMO, what is happening is one or both of these things are the cause. Either overwatering or a NPK deficiency. Probably both because I see a lot of leaves with brown margins and a lack of nutrients will cause them to turn orange. And a desert rose doesn't take much water.

 

[SunnyGarden1994]

I re-pot it annualy in some fresh soil to make sure it has nutrients. And never needed to give it a NPK fertilizer.
Also all the leaves on the other side of the plant are looking fine.

I don't water it a lot because I know it doesn't need much. It has been raining a lot lately so maybe that's it.
Or this soil mixture doesn't drain quickly enough.

I'm thinking about re-potting it again, in a better draining soil.

Thank you for your input!

 

[Chuck]

I re-pot it annualy in some fresh soil to make sure it has nutrients. And never needed to give it a NPK fertilizer.
Also all the leaves on the other side of the plant are looking fine.

I don't water it a lot because I know it doesn't need much. It has been raining a lot lately so maybe that's it.
Or this soil mixture doesn't drain quickly enough.

I'm thinking about re-potting it again, in a better draining soil.

Thank you for your input!

ALL PLANTS NEED NPK sooner or later and if you have never fertilized the plant........well, this is the result. Just changing soil is not enough

 

[SunnyGarden1994]

ALL PLANTS NEED NPK sooner or later and if you have never fertilized the plant........well, this is the result. Just changing soil is not enough

doesn't a bag of soil have some NPK in it already

 

[Chuck]

doesn't a bag of soil have some NPK in it already

It may or it may not. NPK is sometimes added in small amounts to potting soil. Bagged garden soil usually does not. I am sure you are using potting soil. It will say on the bag the ratio of NPK and if it does not it contains no NPK. If NPK is added to potting soil it is always in small amounts and as long as the plant is in the soil it will continue to uptake the NPK nutrients. The larger the plants root system the faster the NPK is depleted. This is why one should always fertilize potted plants. Even in ground planted plants one has to fertilize. This is why it is important to fertilize lawn grass and most other plants on a regular basis.