Tacca/Bat flower leaves drooping & no new growth
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Advice on growing medium- Bat flower
Comments (36)Containerized plants generally do better at a full pH number LOWER than plants in the ground, so a pH of 5.2 in containers instead of 6.2, roughly. It's virtually impossible for the hobby grower to 'maintain' a pH level within a full number spread in containers. Too many variables affect pH, which commonly changes by the hour. Greenhouse growers with fluoride toxicity issues commonly use dolomite to RAISE pH for fluoride-sensitive crops, like dracaena and chlorophytum, to a pH north of 6.2 to about 6.5 being accepted as the place to be if fluoride or boron are concerns. Distilled water is, or should be free of ions, but spring water can still have high levels of dissolved solids. On average, spring water has roughly the same amount of dissolved solids as plain tap water - some lower, and some higher. If spring water is transported, it must be chlorinated or ozonated to prevent bacterial contamination. It is later dechlorinated, but most of the dissolved solids it contains are left behind. Distilled or R/O water has the lowest level of dissolved solids - usually ). I have a small R/O water system for watering indoors and for drinking water. It has a built-in TDS meter which for the last 18 months or so that I've had the system, registers 0 PPM of dissolved solids after treatment. Al...See MoreRed tint and leaves drooping
Comments (52)Su, Many people recommend repotting the Optimaras into better soil right away. I have seen Optimaras grown in "normal" soil that look much better. Loveofbostons, sounds like the right solution. I dont think i understood you had a pot the exact size! it should be fine. I just repotted a few that have buds that i did not remove. the plants needed bigger pots. there are only so many sizes of pots, so there is a big jump from a 3" to a 4". Leaves can be fun. I used to have a plant that was brittle and lost a lot of leaves, so that was how I started, only with leaves that naturally broke off. there are better, more methodical ways to go about selecting leaves to root. that is a study in itself. anyway, wait to pull off a leaf to root until the plant stops blooming....See MoreIs this white bat flower (taca integrifolia) able to be saved?
Comments (3)There's new, healthy white roots there. That's a good sign. There's at least a bit of living, green, photosynthetic tissue there. That's a good sign. So I would say yes, with proper care (plenty of light-that's what plants live on), not too much water (there's hardly any plant here to use the water), and careful cat management (I'd get rid of the cat, lol), I'd say yes, this plant can recover....See Moretacca leaves always turn black...
Comments (1)Hi, your new plant seems so exotic. I had to google it to see what a Tacca plant looked like. In the process I found this link to a page that specifically mentions black leaves. Good luck, it's a really amazing plant. Here is a link. http://www.plantsrescue.com/tag/tacca-chantrieri/...See MoreBigL
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