Crown too tight?
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Would you consider this a 'tight' crown?
Comments (9)Tmac, the best way I've found to test for tight crowns, is to actually touch it. If the leaves feel hard and brittle, it's a 'tight' crown. As the others have said, move it to the end of the light fixture. It should start to loosen up in 2-3 weeks. If it's been over a month and it's still tight, try flushing the pot and not feeding it for a month or so. Someone said tight crowns are often caused by too much fertilizer; some experimentation of my own is proving that correct. Good luck. Korina...See MoreGot a new one, Optimara Maui
Comments (1)Remove the bloomstalks now. You need to preserve all the energy for the plant to adjust. Remove outer smallish leaves with bleached stems. You have a sucker - off-center shoot with small leaves - remove it too. You need to use tweesers and not leave the stubs behind, you can use your nail to scratch the remaining stubs off. The soil is too peaty - that's how they come from stores - eventually you need to repot it to the lighter soil. If you have some do it now, if not - you can probably let it be for some time. I would probably cover it with a baggie for some time. Regarding the watering - lift the pot - anbd if it feels light - water but do not drench the soil - it can go into very soggy mode and choke the roots - that's why this soil is good for transportation of violets from Canada to Florida and back, but it is not good for growing. Seems like a good healthy plant, provided you change the soil and let it recover for some time - you will enjoy it for many years to come. Irina...See Moretight crowns or lights too close?
Comments (11)I second Nancy - 8 inches is about right - but the recuperation time is I would say 6 months. AVs do not grow under T5, unless you put them 24" above I guess. The plants are damaged and it will take time for them to grow new healthy leaves. But even the itty bitty leaves are working now - so do not remove them. Your plants will kick back and bloom earlier than in 6 months - but they will look a bit strange. When the plants will grow several rows of good size leaves, you will remove the odd ones. I would say that 10-12 hours are OK, doesn't make that much difference. So far - just observe - you keep an eye on pests - just as Nancy said - and you keep an eye on plant growth - you stressed your plants - and they usually react with growing suckers - just as Nancy said - the crowns off center. But the plants are amazingly resilient, they will take time to row out of damage. Do not get rid of your T5s - one day you will be interested in growing other gesneriads - and there are some that require exactly T5s. Or you can grow your tomato seedlings next year, or Orchids. Good Luck irina...See MoreWould this be a tight crown?
Comments (3)Hi, Congrat's that's a beautiful and well grown plant! You should be proud of yourself! So relax! Don't over think it! Remove the row of oldest leaves with the longest stems.(and root them) and add a few more flowers, and you could probably enter that AV in a competition somewhere! It doesn't look like it's too tight a crown for that variety in your pictures. Some AV's grow looser, some tighter in the crown. I don't know what kind of light you grow it with? Artificial, VS Sunlight. Looks like over head artificial light from the symetry you have to me. If you're very concerned about it, you can try raising your lights about 2-4 inches for a few months and see if the crown will loosen up some. Too much light can overly tighten a plant, shortens the stems too much, and causes a strong downward curling of the leaf tips. Too little light, and the plant gets too loose, enlongates the stems, get spindlie, and the leaves will reach for more light. And it looks like a weak plant. Your's is a good strong looking plant! Keep doing what you are doing! you're doing it right! Good Job!...See More- 8 years ago
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