Bougainvillea repotting help
Good evening all,
I’m located in Sydney Australia. It is currently winter with spring coming in September. Current temps are around 18 degrees Celsius during the day and 14/15 degrees Celsius in the evenings. Balcony is full sun for 6 hours per day.
I recently purchased these two Bougainvilleas ( just under 3 weeks ago) and repotted them into these ceramic pots.
We have well draining bougainvillea soil, potassium fertilizer lightly (low nitrogen) and given a good watering so water came out the bottom of both. Haven’t watered since and awaiting soil to dry a lot before doing so to ensure no wet feet.
When planting we did disturb the rootball about 20-30% before planting which I have no read is not ideal for bougainvilleas but lesson learnt.
I’ve attached 6 pictures in comments below. 3 of each plant (A and B) at 3 different intervals across the 3 weeks I’ve had them. They have started to yellow in the last week with lots of leaves falling however green new shoots coming off branches.
Number 1 is for day of repotting
Number 2 is yesterday
Number 3 is the evening after removing all the yellow leaves which just fall off if you touch them.
Can anyone give me some advice and prognosis for these? Is it just transplant shock? Is it just normal for winter? Will they die?
Anything I should do now to support them or just let them be.
Thanks! First time owner of bougainvilleas and I don’t want them to die as I’ll be training them up the walls.