So I'm killing a plant that most everyone else says is easy to grow! Almost all my leaves & stems have dried up and shrivveled & the stem became a bit gooey when I tried braeaking off the dead part....

I bought my purple passion at Home Depot. Brought it home and transplanted it fairly soon into a basic house plant mix and into a metal (copper?) pot. Perhaps this is the problem? doesn't like the metal? or it has sensitive roots that didn't take to the transplanting very well?
Also, (and this is probly waht did it) I sprayed it with a ivory soap & water mixture after I found some buggies on my other plants, in order to kill any that may have hopped on the P. passion. But I just now read that fuzzy leaved plants should not be sprayed. Did the soap kill it?
Well, however it happened, is there any hope for it? how should I try to revive it? it was practically overflowing from the pot I bought it in and now I have 2 leaves left! i have stopped with the spraying, and am keeping it in the best & most light I can & watering lightly every few days.
EEk help!
I can provide a picture if it might help anyone.
THanks!

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RosieJane

next, more important question, does the metal pot you have it in have drainage? i think that with good light, and good drainage, you will be able to save it, but i'd stop the spraying.

Rocks dont help because the transition causes the water to sit between the rocks and the soil causeing the soil to stay wet.

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