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Kalanchoe Oak leaf - cold damage?

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:07 pm
by Hero878
It was rather cold last night about -1 deg C outside, I keep my Kalanchoe in the porch which is not heated. It might have been about 5 degC in there.
It looked fine this morning when I decided to move the plant into the warm living room.
But literally a few hours later I noticed some of the healthy leaves had started to shrivel up.
I'm not sure is his is cold damage or damage from moving the plant from a cold place to a warm place suddenly. And it happened so quickly!

Any ideas?

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Re: Kalanchoe Oak leaf - cold damage?

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 11:45 pm
by Shane
Cold damage often takes some time to appear

Re: Kalanchoe Oak leaf - cold damage?

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:01 am
by One Windowsill
Hero878 wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:07 pm It looked fine this morning when I decided to move the plant into the warm living room.
But literally a few hours later I noticed some of the healthy leaves had started to shrivel up.
Try to avoid sharp rises or falls in temperature. It can be the rapid thawing that does more damage than the cold.

Re: Kalanchoe Oak leaf - cold damage?

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:32 pm
by Hero878
Thank you both much appreciated. I didn't realise a rapid change in temperature could be so detrimental. Sounds like thats what caused it to shrivel in a matter of hours.

Re: Kalanchoe Oak leaf - cold damage?

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:24 am
by greenknight
It doesn't look too severe, wait a while and see what recovers - or dies.

I agree about avoiding sharp temperature changes. Also, don't let the sun hit any frozen plant.