I am new to gardening. I have always loved gerber daisies and couldn't resist when I went to a local nursery. I knew I was getting in over my head and shouldn't go beyond petunias and impatiens just yet, but I have more enthusiasm than I do good sense, so I got them anyway. The plants were full and the blooms were perfect until I got ahold of them. Day two after repotting them the petals of the flowers were showing brown streaks. I hoped that meant that the bloom was old and was dying a natural death. A girl can hope, can't she? Unfortunately, the new flowers coming up are showing the same brown streaks. HELP!!!! Pretty-please? :( Thanks for your time.
Gerbs like, bright light with a few hours of direct sun, also they do like do dryout between waterings. At least min benefit from that, and they do like to be in a smaller pot too. check them for bugs and powdery mildew, they tend to sufer from both quite easily.
Unless you have some ugly variety, those brown streaks SCREAM Thrips to me. Take a flower that is full of pollen and tap the head so the pollen falls into your hand. I am guessing you will find a couple of 1/4" little bugs walking around mixed in the pollen. Let us know what happens.
