Yesterday, I just bought a rose plant and today I repotted it. Overnight, the leaves of my plant are wilting and drying out though the soil is quite moist. I don't know why is this happening!
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I grow a lot of rose plants here and start them by cutting most of the time. When I transplant one of the plants into a larger pot it can go into shock as your plant has done here. Overwatering the plant is not good. I would suggest that you do this right now. Remove the plant from your new pot and mix some dryer soil in with the wet soil and plant the rose bush back in the pot. Do not sit this out in direct sunlight for a few days. Every 3 days add just a bit of water to the pot to keep the soil moist but not too wet. The leaves will soon be fine and the plant will come out of shock.
You made a big change in this plant's life as you brought it home from probably a controlled environment and did not give it a chance to acclimate itself to your environment before removing it from it's home to a larger pot and different type of soil.
Be sure you do not place this plant in direct sunshine for at least 2-3 weeks and then only gradually until it looks healthy enough to stand full sunshine. Roses require 5-8 hours of sunshine a day but not when they are freshly transplanted.
The soil should be similar to the type that it had originally and the pot should have excellent drainage (hopefully the new pop was not a lot larger than the original pot).
Let the soil dry almost completely before adding water and then give it a good soaking in another pan/pot as you should not get water on the leaves or you'll wind up with 'black spot' on your plant. Do not fertilize until you're ready to place it in the sunshine and then only small amounts.
This poor plant is much to wet. It needs proper drainage and full sun. It seems that the soil is overly wet. Check the bottom to make sure that the water has enough room to flow out of the pot and not sitting.
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