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Echeveria leaves turned upwards
Comments (1)Ester hi, if it is an Echevieria 'Topsy Turvy' the problem is quiet normal, this is not the growing season for this plant. They can handle the cold pretty well, but not an heated apartment at this time of the year. Could you tell more about how you are growing this plant? Soil content, what are you using, do you have peat moss in it? This is very important. How much sun, how big is it, how much water are you giving it. I'll do the best that I can, and the rest of the forum will help you out. I hope some one from NY speaks up for you. It is also normal for the bottom leaves to dry up, you should take these off in order to keep the plant clean, you gave me a very good description, watch the watering at this time of the year, this could also cause excess leaf drop. It will start looking normal after April one, we just need to make sure that you are doing every thing correct for the species until then. Norma...See MoreWhy are roots growing UPWARDS?
Comments (30)One of my favorite wags: If you put 100 economist in a row they would all point in different directions. The different direction in this case is directed straight at me. One of the best demonstrations I ever saw about what Al is talking about with water retention was done with a sponge. The person wanted to demonstrate that even pot shape has an influence on water retention so they put a sponge in a bucket of water then held it flat until it stopped dropping water. Next they put the sponge vertical and the sponge started dropping water again until it reached equilibrium. The punch line was not only mix but pot shape can have an effect since a short squat pot can easily be saturated while a tall pot will drain the upper levels of the pot. Not trying to put words in Al's mouth but I read his efforts as making the mix as idiot proof as possible by adjusting the particle size and properties such that you would really have to try hard to kill something in it by over watering. Being no ordinary idiot and pointing in a different direction, I wonder if it might be possible to make something less idiot prone by construction? For instance it is composition-osmosis is my life-, surface tension, height, surface area that controls the height of water retained. I'm probably not the only one who has over watered and spent a couple of minutes trying to shake the excess water out. One thing that may work is just putting something like a cotton rope or twine through the pot and out the bottom. How fast it would drain would depend on the hieght of the string and it would always come to equilibrium below saturation. In practice you could just water the hell out of the plant and the cotton string would 'wick' away the excess. If you wanted to keep it at a high moisture level, you could just pull the string up level with the pot when it got to where you wanted it. Not that anyone besides myself cares about this kind of stuff but I will do a couple of quick experiments since it is so simple. I always look for complicated things that will make my life less complicated. String + any pot + any potting mix, drench with hose, string saves your rear by making water content good is about right for my level of sophistication. Rick...See MoreBanana pepper leaves curling upward
Comments (5)They'll be fine. I have had a few sets of various types of peppers do the same. The pepper plants I had do this may have not been getting as much light, but they have since got their third set of leaves now. Just let 'em grow, they'll be okay! As long as they look healthy they are probably fine. Are you using 6500k lights by any chance?...See MoreMy lemon tree leaves are pointing upwards...is this normal?
Comments (5)Newer mature leaves on a citrus tree produce the greatest amount of photosynthates (food) for the tree, and need light to do so. Your tree's leaves pointing up is entirely normal. - Well developed tree BTW, - Silica...See Moresnappyguy
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