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title: "My bonsai gardenia leaves got very brittle. I have bottom watered it…"
description: "My bonsai gardenia leaves got very brittle. I have bottom watered it to try to rehydrate, is there anything else I can do? Will those leaves revive or are they…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "thatdebi"
published: "2024-11-05T01:47:05.413295Z"
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# My bonsai gardenia leaves got very brittle. I have bottom watered it…

_Posted by thatdebi on 2024-11-05_

My bonsai gardenia leaves got very brittle. I have bottom watered it to try to rehydrate, is there anything else I can do? Will those leaves revive or are they doomed? Can the plant survive?

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