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 FictionalGhost
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 P.Viridis question
#15798045 - 02/12/12 01:41 PM (3 months, 15 days ago) |
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What is the ideal PH for P.Viridis?
I searched here and found nothing.
Currently, I'm growing a bunch from leaf cuttings and deciding when to separate the plantlets has been tricky. I also lost some due to neglect leading up to a move. + I think they were too cold ...so that's a kick to the ego.
Just trying to make sure the ones I have left thrive.
Going to fertilize them tonight.
They're growing in a soil that's pretty much just a mix of worm castings, perlite and coir.
And I'm now adding ferts.
My best left cutting has a couple big plantlets and seeing how long it's taking small ones to recover I think I may have pealed some of these off too early. But I read if I did not they'd grow together.
My best looking pot looks as though they'd almost be better together.
Provided they had a big enough pot? IDK...I'll take the biggest one off some day soon and repot the others.
I'll post pics another day. Kept them alive all winter but I wish they were thriving.
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Psikotrope
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Sorry I can't give you a precise answer on the pH. However, never having monitored the pH of my P.V.'s I'll offer my methodology.
I use miracle grow cactus mix. I'm to lazy to make my own mix. But I find the draining capacity of the cactus mix to be perfect. I mist daily and water twice a week. I don't allow them to get direct light. I believe in nature they grow under the jungle canopy so there is not much if any direct sunlight. I put them near a window and not necessarily on a sunny side of my apartment.
I do notice with my P.V.'s if they don't get enough misting the leaves curl up pretty bad. Somewhere on the web I read that the moisture keeps the leaves healthy ala their natural habitat.
When I make cuttings I simply wait until a stem or two sprouts and appears to be growing nicely. I then separate them into their own pots. I've never lost a clone this way.
Maybe I'm just repeating stuff you already know, but maybe something helped. My point is just that they are relatively easy to cultivate except for the amount of time they take to grow! They are the slowest growing plant I own.
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FictionalGhost
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No Thank you/
I did see from your post direct sun is bad.
I've moved my light back, over my cacti. I have noticed from trail and error they definitely need a dome or something for humidity. Removing my glass covering turned out to be a huge mistake.
And yes they are incredibly slow. But it seems they speed up a little with age.
I going to switch them to a styro-cooler with a glass lid. Maybe even a heat pad below eventually.
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Psikotrope
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My mother plant seems to suffer from deformed/curled leaves while all my babies don't. This could be an aclimatization issue since my mother came from a nursery where growing conditions were most likely within a greenhouse. This is the same situation with my salvia the mother had issues with aclimatization wheras the cuttings I made are flourishing.
I cover the leaf clones with plastic wrap until stems sprout but then they are exposed to the rooms ambient humidity which with it being winter with the heater running regularly surely drys out the air. Still I don't see any damage to them. However the mother plant may benefit from a humidity chamber of some kind.
Let me know how the humidity dome you use affects your p.v.'s health.
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