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Old 04-23-2008, 11:08 AM
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Sedirea japanica Issues, damaged leaves and found slug

Ok, after I bought it and brought it home I noticed a sunken black spot on the older leaf, with each day this leaf started shriveling and yellowing. The new leaf opposite that leaf was having browning on the edge. This browning was shriveling and mushy. This was also happening on the old leaf below it only worse. So I sliced of those browning parts and removed the shriveling leaf with the black spot. The next day the browning was returning to the areas I had removed and to the other new leaf that was above the one I completely removed. Is this typical with slug/snail problems or could this be something else in addition to the slug/snail damage? The day the browning returned it needed watering so I gave it a good soaking for about 20 min or so then flushed it. I left it in the bathroom sink to drain and when I went back 30 min later a tiny slug/snail thing was was on the end of a root sticking out of the bottom of the pot. After this I went back to the leaves and removed the new browning areas and sealed with powder rooting hormone and dabbed the new root growths with hormone as well. Yesterday I cleaned up the remaining dry rooting hormone on the edges of the leaves and new root growths.No more browning, leaves healed well, new root growths larger. I am also adding super thrive to r/o water for all of my orchids now. My question is where do I go from here aside from monitoring? Thinking of repotting after blooms fade. This issue seems to be taken care providing there are no eggs in medium. Should I repot now while in bloom to make sure there are no eggs or wait till blooms fade? It was only one very small slug/snail, but could I be underestimating it?
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