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Psilosopherr
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Psychotria Viridis
#18949697 - 10/08/13 01:46 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I think I've been growing my plants somewhat wrong. They're alive, and there's like 5 of them from one leaf. (cut it into that many pieces)
1) It's getting too big for its plastic bag "humidity dome." Should I acclimate it to the drier room it's in? Should I even have had a bag on there to start with?
2) I don't water it very often, partially because the bag makes it stay moist a long time. Can I really water every single day without rot being an issue? Misting too?
3) I hear they don't like a lot of sun? mine are next to a window. Should I move them to a lower light area?
Mine seem pretty small for being maybe 5 months old or more. Would this be due to the under-watering probably?
Thanks in advance guys.
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Re: Psychotria Viridis *DELETED* [Re: Psilosopherr]
#18950616 - 10/08/13 05:22 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Psilosopherr
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Re: Psychotria Viridis [Re: Andjew]
#18950637 - 10/08/13 05:27 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Andjew said:
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rbalzer said: I think I've been growing my plants somewhat wrong. They're alive, and there's like 5 of them from one leaf. (cut it into that many pieces)
1) It's getting too big for its plastic bag "humidity dome." Should I acclimate it to the drier room it's in? Should I even have had a bag on there to start with?
2) I don't water it very often, partially because the bag makes it stay moist a long time. Can I really water every single day without rot being an issue? Misting too?
3) I hear they don't like a lot of sun? mine are next to a window. Should I move them to a lower light area?
Mine seem pretty small for being maybe 5 months old or more. Would this be due to the under-watering probably?
Thanks in advance guys. 
From my experience:
1) Yes you should start acclimating it if you don't plan on buying a greenhouse, which is not very expensive. The longer you stretch the process out, the less stress it'll cause the plant. Yes you should have a humidity dome because it helps the plant root and grow faster.
2) Depending on your soil, you shouldn't have to water everyday. I would keep the soil "moist" but not "Soaking" which in my opinion are very different. You should mist everyday if you're going to try and acclimate it to a lower environment. I have an Alba plant that is growing very healthily at 50-55% relative humidity, and although Viridis is picky, you should be able to get it use to lower humidity.
3) Viridis doesn't like too much "direct" sunlight. Again, it's a matter of acclimating your plant to newer conditions. I would start with the lower humidity first, and once it gets use to that, acclimate it to more light. Honestly it should be fine getting 1-4 hours of direct morning light and then diffused light throughout the day.
Just my two cents, hope it helped
very helpful I was starting to think no one would answer.
I really should buy a mini greenhouse
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What kind of climate do you have? Is it normally rather humid? If not then I think you'll struggle to make your viridis adapt. I live in a Mediterranean climate and if I don't have my viridis in a humidity chamber of some kind then the leaves start to curl and go brown. They are in shade for most of the day too.
Psychotria cathagenensis thrives here without any kind of humidity chamber or misting though.
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migraineur said: What kind of climate do you have? Is it normally rather humid? If not then I think you'll struggle to make your viridis adapt. I live in a Mediterranean climate and if I don't have my viridis in a humidity chamber of some kind then the leaves start to curl and go brown. They are in shade for most of the day too.
Psychotria cathagenensis thrives here without any kind of humidity chamber or misting though.
hmmm, how humid is the mediterranean?
I live in the pacific northwest, united states. Pretty humid here, I think it stays somewhere around 50% indoors but I should check that..
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The lowest average in my city is 38% and the highest average is 57%.
You could use one of your plants to experiment with but it's the one plant I have that is really picky with humidity. My kratom, e novo, salvia and iboga grow fine in this low humidity but the viridis really doesn't like it. Maybe you could create some kind of microclimate or keep it in your bathroom or something and see if that works.
I wonder how psychotria alba would go.
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