- Fri Oct 13, 2017 1:25 am
#305132
weird that I replied to this before dinner I thought but now don't see my reply I must have hit preview but not submit!
that medium looks insanely dry, does that container have drainage holes?
also the medium you planted it in black gold, seems to have a yucca extract in it which seems to affect its wetting/drying properties and looking at non VFT information on it seems to retain salts from its drying process. I would avoid using it as I do not know how yucca extract would affect or not affect a VFT. it looks like there is nothing else mixed into your media also - the general recommendation is 50% perlite and 50% pure peat moss, or a combination of peat/sand/perlite. without knowing for sure what the additive does to the plant I'd go with a pure 100% peat moss with zero additives.
also the indoors sometimes and outdoors sometime thing, you generally don't want to do that as the plants do not like the constantly rapidly changing conditions both in temperatures and humidities. it will stress them out, and if it already has other issues that are stressing it out (additives to medium, not enough aeration in root area (no perlite/sand), being transplanted) the plants will look very happy very quickly. you should get the mediums and container sorted, flush everything good with distilled water, get it into its new setups, and find a home for it to sit and rest and recover without all the moving back and forth. outdoors is generally better than in doors if your weather allows it.
this plant MAY be a goner, but once you get the very few conditions they need sorted out adjusted, even some of the worst plants I've seen can still spring back to life, they are incredibly hardy and resilient plants considering how easy one of their conditions not being met can throw them off track.