- Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:00 pm
#450302
So I got two plants from the Rainbow site, 1 Ehlersiae which is doing great and one Cyclosecta which isn’t doing well. This was beginning of February.
They came wrapped in a paper towel inside a little plastic cup. I watched a video about potting them as I have really never done that at the start. I used some plastic tweezers to gently try to tease the roots out a bit so they would go into the hole in the medium and grow as normal. Both plants didn’t really seem to have any long roots, so I just crossed my fingers.
Since the Cyclosecta especially over the last week has seemed to look more and more unhealthy I decided to check to see if they were even rooted in the soil. With very gentle pressure I tried lifting them both. The ehlersiae is definitely well rooted, but the Cyclosecta is still just sitting on top of the medium. Yesterday I again tried gently cleaning the roots and nestling it in a hole, but I figured I should probably inquire about it as well.
I’m using medium I bought a couple bags of from the Rainbow site. I also have their crushed seashell mix, but I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to mix that with the peat/perlite/vermiculite mixture or if it was more something you’re supposed to use by itself. I’m not sure how you’d get the roots to grow into that either as you can’t exactly make a hole in the same way as with the peat mix. I’ve read that a lot of times it’s trial and error with ping medium. Like what works well for a plant with one person may not work for someone else, so should I try the seashell mix by itself and how does that even work with the roots? Just stick it on top?
I have it at a window that gets natural light for all but a couple hours a day, and I’ve had my grow lamps on too because we’re not really having consistent spring weather in Ohio yet so it’s been a lot of extremely overcast days. And obviously I keep the medium slightly moist. Side by side pics with ehlersaie on the left and cyclosecta to the right.
They came wrapped in a paper towel inside a little plastic cup. I watched a video about potting them as I have really never done that at the start. I used some plastic tweezers to gently try to tease the roots out a bit so they would go into the hole in the medium and grow as normal. Both plants didn’t really seem to have any long roots, so I just crossed my fingers.
Since the Cyclosecta especially over the last week has seemed to look more and more unhealthy I decided to check to see if they were even rooted in the soil. With very gentle pressure I tried lifting them both. The ehlersiae is definitely well rooted, but the Cyclosecta is still just sitting on top of the medium. Yesterday I again tried gently cleaning the roots and nestling it in a hole, but I figured I should probably inquire about it as well.
I’m using medium I bought a couple bags of from the Rainbow site. I also have their crushed seashell mix, but I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to mix that with the peat/perlite/vermiculite mixture or if it was more something you’re supposed to use by itself. I’m not sure how you’d get the roots to grow into that either as you can’t exactly make a hole in the same way as with the peat mix. I’ve read that a lot of times it’s trial and error with ping medium. Like what works well for a plant with one person may not work for someone else, so should I try the seashell mix by itself and how does that even work with the roots? Just stick it on top?
I have it at a window that gets natural light for all but a couple hours a day, and I’ve had my grow lamps on too because we’re not really having consistent spring weather in Ohio yet so it’s been a lot of extremely overcast days. And obviously I keep the medium slightly moist. Side by side pics with ehlersaie on the left and cyclosecta to the right.