I think You are right, but little attempt to save this dear RE. Dig it up, wash the roots and put it in the pot in fresh soil. I pouder the roots with ash, a lot of it before planting. Probably dry a little the roots.

I am with you Esther---I would opt for a new one!

i would not have spent money on the remedy last year ... and just replaced it then ... [if you already had the remedy ... well... it was worth a try... ]

ken

I did the same thing with Android and Flemish Sky last year. Worse, the instructions said to repeat the next year, so they both got a second dose this spring. F.S. got over the blight and looks fine. Android had short petioles and rounded leaves that twisted and died. Right now it's putting out new much smaller leaves. They still have short petioles, but aren't quite as round. Since it was hard to find, I potted it, am pouring water on it trying to flush out the Bayer 3 in 1, and hoping it pulls through. The roots looked fine.

Next time I'm sticking with the 10% bleach solution.

You could always pot your old R.E. and see what happens.

Get rid of it Esther, get a new one. You’ll be way happier. I’ve been nursing along a Sun Power for three years. Wow! It had two leaves this year! And then a third! Oh, but now they’re turning brown! I’m pulling it up and throwing in the compost pile next time I walk by, thanks for helping me clarify my feelings about it.

And I’m not sure it’s the chemical you used, because I’m using flutolinil, not Bayer, and I have the short pets and weird leaves on some of mine too. Maybe it’s damage from Southern Blight. Some recover fully and some don’t.

Esther- it’s a bummer, but you tried. And this gardening thing is all trial-and-error, experimentation.

Since I'm thinking of moving next year, my instinct is to get another one and put it in a POT, to make it easier to take with me. You don't think I'd leave my carefully chosen and nurtured babies behind, do you? My neighbors agree no one would take care of the garden like I do, all the plants would probably die.

Definitely take them along!

Esther, I would be astonished if you didn't take them with you- ALL of them! I'm with the camp that says to replace your RE and don't let anything rain on your beautiful hosta parade ;-)

Kathy, I can understand your frustration with Sun Power. I have said this a few times now but I still can't believe it - my eternally slow Sun Power is looking better and better each year! I'm saying this so instead of pitching it, you just transplant yours into sunshine....since you have just about had it with your little runt of a SP, what can you lose? I didn't know about these little eeny weeny Tissue Culture guys until I joined this forum but I swear my SP was the runt of the litter!!! The only thing it had going for it was that it didn't burn in the sun. But... finally... each year following the other... it finally gained more mass and really looks like a Sun Power! I deliberately planted it in almost full sun a few years ago and it has remained without being moved (a miracle) in that same location. I am amazed at my patience ... as I waited for it to grow... since I really lack that virtue (well let's say I come in at 50% only ;-)).

From 3-4 leaves about 4 years ago or more...to this...I can almost call it a trooper, lol! Hysterical isn't it?

I really would love it if yours would finally grow like mine did. Your zone is hotter than mine and maybe you already have it in sunshine...I can't recall. You could just ignore it, (you don't need the space, right?) or swear at it under your breath like I did, or both. I just want to encourage you to consider waiting a bit more for it to come into its own...as mine did. :-).

If I so much as run into a large Sun Power, I am buying it! I will keep the runt because it deserves it. :-)