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[phytochemist]

Hi,

I had a really healthy happy Acacia baileyana (purpurea) going. I transplanted it into a new pot a couple months ago and it was going fine. Now its looking pretty unhealthy and seems to be dying. Any idea what I can do to rescue this plant? I did throw down some organic herb and vegetable fertilizer in garden about a month ago. Maybe that ruined its soil? I don't typically use much fertilizer on these dryer climate type plants. But yea I'm not sure what I did. Maybe I over watered it? I was watering quite a bit in the garden after doing a lot of transplants.

I attached a picture when it was healthy and what it looks like now.

Thanks for any advise.

[Gardener]

Only thing that comes to mind for me is when you said you gave it some fertilizer.  I've often read that Australian plants should be given a native fertilizer, which happens to be low in Phosphorus.