- Thu Jun 15, 2017 8:24 pm
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PetroleumJunkie412 wrote:Maybe the humidity's too high? A lot of these South African plants actually grow in pretty low humidity regions, and the pictures of D. regia habitat I've seen seem to match that. I've only raised one plant from seed but I didn't find any special care necessary - just 50/50 peat/perlite in a water tray, room temperature (similar temps to yours, though more like 80/70 during hot days) and lots of food in the form of betta pellets or moths. The humidity is the big difference - it was largely 25-30% when the plant was very small, rarely going above 50% more recently. I also kept my plant under very strong LED lighting. I'm not sure how it compares to your lights, though a picture of one of your seedlings pre-collapse would help.nimbulan wrote:What are these ideal environmental conditions you keep the plants in? How much light are they getting and under what photoperiod? Any pictures of what they look like before they collapse?Ok, so conditions pre-collapse have been 75 F day, 65 F night, net pots on an ebb and flow tank, 60-70% rH day, 80% rH night, and a 12 hour photoperiod under t8 6500 k bulbs, 10" from lights. Pots are kept from standing water via grating.
Their death either happens from the bottom up, or lower leaf tips down. About 50-50 on which way they die.
Growlist: nimbulan-s-grow-list-t27317.html