Flowering Issues

Flowering Issues#368226

By Ben Goudge -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:33 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:33 pm #368226

Hi FTCF-

I'm having a bit of a problem: My D. Capensis will not stop flowering! I let it flower ONCE this summer, which tired it out, but just as it started to recover, it sent up another flower stalk (which I clipped off), weakening it again. This repeats another three or four times, the most recent occasion being today. It apparently does not know or care that it will kill itself at this rate! (It's a plant, of course it doesn't.) How do I make my plant make more foliage and stop making flower stalks, at least for a while?

Re: Flowering Issues#368228

By Herbz187 -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:39 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:39 pm #368228

Feed it more? Enough light good conditions. Flowers do take some energy but usually if its well fed before it dont bother em much

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Re: Flowering Issues#368229

By Ben Goudge -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:41 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:41 pm #368229

I can't feed it because it spends all its energy on making flower stalks.

Re: Flowering Issues#368230

By Ben Goudge -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:41 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:41 pm #368230

No dewy leaves in two months.

Re: Flowering Issues#368231

By Herbz187 -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:43 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:43 pm #368231

Does it get enough light ?

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Re: Flowering Issues#368232

By Herbz187 -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:44 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:44 pm #368232

A pic would help more

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Re: Flowering Issues#368233

By Panman -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:50 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:50 pm #368233

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Re: Flowering Issues#368234

By Ben Goudge -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:51 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:51 pm #368234

Herbz187 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:43 pm Does it get enough light ?

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Yes, it's on a sunny windowsill w/ ~7 hrs of sunlight/day.

Re: Flowering Issues#368237

By Herbz187 -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:53 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:53 pm #368237

Ben Goudge wrote:
Herbz187 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:43 pm Does it get enough light ?

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Yes, it's on a sunny windowsill w/ ~7 hrs of sunlight/day.

I would say it might need more light then

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Re: Flowering Issues#368239

By sanguinearocks101 -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:14 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:14 pm #368239

Maybe feed it less? They love to flower when they’ve been fed a lot.

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Re: Flowering Issues#368241

By Ben Goudge -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:20 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:20 pm #368241

As I said, I have not gotten a dewy leaf for two months.

Re: Flowering Issues#368245

By Ben Goudge -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:26 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:26 pm #368245

Herbz187 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:44 pm A pic would help more

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Re: Flowering Issues#368247

By Herbz187 -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:36 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:36 pm #368247

Ben Goudge wrote:
Herbz187 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:44 pm A pic would help more

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How does your other plants look is it only this one ? I wana say its a light issue they need tons of light. The light is what makes the dew not the humidity. Even tho humidity helps its not about that is light

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Re: Flowering Issues#368256

By Ben Goudge -  Fri Oct 30, 2020 9:43 pm
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- Fri Oct 30, 2020 9:43 pm #368256

That's really weird. My D. tokaiensis is actually in the shadow of another pot, and it's still really nice and dewy.

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