hey song I wish I could find out who started the idea that adding rocks to the bottom of the pot helps drainage. I mean simple physics answers that question. The smaller particles of soil will always fill the voids causing the perched water to be no different essentially than using the soil only. It bothers me that places still send that as instructions. Anyways I would get rid of that soon. Granite grit is chicken feed. The size for the gritty i believe is #2, could be wrong there. You can find Manna Pro chicken grit at Tractor supply stores. Look at some of you landscape supply stores for Turface. Ewing irrigation and some John deere stores have it. If you have no luck with that go to some of your local baseball and softball complexes and ask them. 99% of all baseball and softball field maintenance crews use it to dry the fields. They could help you find it. You want Turface MVP. Also there is a Napa Auto parts floor dry that is a good substitute for Turface. It has a specific part number youll get but I dont remember it. Search the forums and it should pop up. Mike

Yovan, one of the two cuttings did not make it, mostly my fault learning. The other cutting is doing very well. No where near the size it should be. I neglected it for 1.5-2 years due to countless life obligations that I could not get away from. June/2017 it was in such bad shape every leaf was curled and dried up to a crisp from not being watered for over a month in very hot temps. My family and I were forced to vacate our home due to an asbestos contamination and were unable to return. When i finally was able to retrieve my tree's and did my best to bring it back and have been taking overly good care of it since. It has completely come back to life, dropped all its old leaves and has grown all new and some. We are now in a new home and I am hoping this spring it will take off and make up for my lack of taking care of it for years! I will try and take a picture of it this evening when I return home.

Sorry it took so long to reply,but I forget where I post and it takes me a while to find the respnses LOL. I have 7 chameleons right now,but that is down from 13.I am soon to be adding to my collection.I have 5 melleri chameleons and 2 veileds.I like working with chameleons from cool,montane conditions and many are very difficult to acclimate.I enjoy th challenge and sense of accomplishment I get from taking an emaciated and brutalized animal and making them healthy again.The melleri get about 2' long,but there are unconfirmed reports of them reaching 38''.Melleri are unique,in that,they communicate with infrasonic vibrations and appreciate social conditions in captivity.They know me and eat from my hand,where a new person will cause them to show stress.They are housed in a 20'L X 6'W X 6'T cage in my basement with mercury vapor bulbs providing all of their light needs and the need of the many plants as well.There is one window,but it is shaded by the house above and allows very little light.I recreated a montane jungle for them by running an automatic mist system throught the cage and supplying lots of suspended branches and plants.I am VERY careful about what fertilzers and pesticides get used in or around them.They are very sensitve to toxins,b/c the have tiny kidneys compared to their size and are easily poisoned.The temps are around 78F with warmer basking spots and night drop to 68-70F,which they like to have.A tentative list of plants that are in with them include,2 ficus 'ali',a florida strangler fig,banjo leafed ficus,fish-tailed palm,schefflera,draceana,pothos,mistletoe fig,and numerous other small plants.The chameleons are in that set-up during the cool months and are outdoors in warm months in custome cages, I built with shadecloth.I do have pictures,but I am a victim of Kodak's software that will not let me share,except via e-mail.I will be glad to send pix to anyone interested.The chams don't eat plants,but occasionally get the notion to browse a leaf or two.They will accept hand-fed greens like mustard and turnip though.I breed 9 types of tropical roaches for them to eat,as well as my own crickets,stick insects,and other fare.They also get silkworms and hornworms on occasion.They are a lot of work(this species),but I enjoy them and they complement my plnat keeping by having the same or similar needs to the plants.E-mail me at extensionofgreen@yahoo.com for pictures and visit www.melleridiscovery.com to learn more about melleri.That site is run by my friend Kristina,and I have two of her captive bred babies.It is a great site.

I would do one of two choices. I would put it in a bigger pot filled with mulch or soil, the pot in pot method so the bottom of the planted pot will rest on or be in contact with the soil or mulch and the water will be tricked to come out of the planted pot with a wicking action....This way the perched water will sit in the empty pot filled with mulch rather the your potted one... Or I would push a nylon or cotton wick into the bottom of one of the holes of your pot and set the pot on a stand so that the wick dangles...The water at the bottom of your pot will continue to come out and dry in the air leaving you with virtually no perched water at the bottom.. This is just to hold you over until the best time of the year to root prune and bare root being around Fathers Day when your tree is actively growing...This way it gives it a chance to recover much more rapidly..