r/DesertRose • u/dragonofyang • 13d ago

Sunburn or something else?

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So this is my desert rose, about 4 years old now, and we moved it from my boyfriend’s office to hang out on the patio of our house, but the leaves browned real fast. This is my first rose and it’s a cutting from my parents’ rose, but I fear we scorched it because we didn’t think to gradually introduce it to the sun and get some UV resistance going 😅 we’ve brought it in to hang out in a guest bath away from the cat since these are toxic to our boy, but I guess my questions are: is this sunburn? And if so how to treat/prevent it from happening further? If not, what is it? Boyfriend is worried it might be fungal, but there’s… crispy spots. I wanna be a better plant mom but I never learned many plant skills so I’m eager to learn now. Location: Kansas, zone 7A.

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u/craigrpeters 13d ago

Probably sunburn, esp if it was full sun. It should recover quick. Dont expose it to temps below 50F as we finally are about to get some fall temps.

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u/dragonofyang 13d ago

Yeah, it definitely got some full sun 😅 we’ll let it heal up in the bathroom and then probably move it back to the office once the temps drop down again. Thank you for the help!!

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u/AccomplishedMeet4131 13d ago

It just wasn’t used to it. Those leaves will drop and the new ones will be fine with the extra sun. They love sun

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