Franc-Pousseur
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It seem the hard way is the only way to learn how to grow... We all did those mistakes! Take a cutting and start all over again
It seem the hard way is the only way to learn how to grow... We all did those mistakes! Take a cutting and start all over again
I hope the soil you put the plant into wasn't completely dry. That's not good either.
If you did that you need to dip the bottom of your pot into a bucket of water so there's some wet soil underneath the roots for them to grow into.
You don't want your soil completely soaking wet with an undeveloped root system and you don't want it completely dry. You want it moist, so there is water to drink and air to breathe. Let the roots grow and develop into the moist soil, then when you water, water thoroughly. Then let it dry out 70% or so. Wet period, then dry period. Roots need that to develop properly.
When you transplant you do so into moist soil that has good water to air ratio, with the soil under the root ball a little bit wetter than on the sides and as water evaporates it comes up through the soil keeping it moist but not wet. With undeveloped roots if it's wet soil and the plant doesn't need much to sustain itself it will just stay wet and drown out the roots.
one last thing is that does not look like a good choice for a pot. A tall pot like that could be a little deceiving meaning it could appear very dry up top, but still very wet at the bottom where the majority of the roots will be.
Yeah!! Learned lesson!
Would you agree with a pot the same diameter as foliage and 1/3-1/4 deep rhe height of the whole plant?
Yeah!! Learned lesson!
Would you agree with a pot the same diameter as foliage and 1/3-1/4 deep rhe height of the whole plant?
It is my understanding that a taller, narrower container will be more conducive for a healthier root system then shorter,wider one.
Think tap root as well as the perch water table.
Ratz