Spider Plant new growth turns black
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Comments (4)Sometimes that's the risk of the discount bin. I'd take it back to the store, do they have any exchange or credit options? Here I've heard from Home Depot they'll guarantee a plant for a year, one can exchange or get credited the price....See MoreSpider plant Growth
Comments (5)The form and shape look great! I hope it's just a trick of the camera flash (and poor vision on my part) that it looks like there's some kind of bugs all over it....See MoreOsmanthus fragrans - why is some new growth turning brown?
Comments (7)That location will provide a great deal of reflected heat and light, something that the osmanthus may find difficult to tolerate in your climate. Osmanthus prefers a fair amount of protection from the full sun, especially during the hottest part of the day...which just happens to be when your plant is getting irradiated and baked! ;-) I agree that you should know, with some accuracy, the pH of your soil. As a matter of fact, a soil test might not be a bad idea. You may find out that fertilization is required for all your plants....or not. Home pH meters can be incredibly bad, as can moisture meters. As can home soil testing kits! I always recommend springing for a soil test. I disagree that you plant looks fine. The leaves should be uniformly dark green, and the shrub should be full. Does your twenty minute watering session do the job? Have you dug around in the soil (not right at the root system, please) about 30 minutes afterwards to see how moist the soil is? In the southeast, where this plant flourishes in some locations, you'll find the healthiest plants under the high shade of tall pines (for example), or in locations that receive full sun in the morning but some shade all afternoon. My Osmanthus, planted in hard, red Alabama clay with no irrigation, is in the sunlight until about 11 ish, when the shadow from the house begins to protect it. NOW! About your use of the imidicloprid. You might not know that this systemic pesticide translocates throughout the vascular system and can be found, subsequently, in the POLLEN and NECTAR of the flowers. Every single insect that visits your osmanthus will be exposed. I even have hummingbirds all over mine! Imidicloprid is banned in some countries because of this. Bees carry the tainted goods back to the hive where it is distributed to all inhabitants. This is not a good thing. There are also some worrisome studies out that appear to point the finger at this chemical for INCREASING thrip populations, rather than decreasing it. It is well documented that spider mite numbers soar with the use of Imidicloprid. Maybe something to think about? Here is a link that might be useful: Soil testing labs...See MorePepper plants new growth turning yellow (help)
Comments (3)The gnats are in the Miracle Grow potting mix. It is a problem this year. If you google "miracle grow gnats" you will get 18,700 hits and a day's worth of reading about people being really pissed off about it. The pro mix has no nutritive value afaik; it's just peat, vermiculite, perlite, and the usual other odds and ends. It's a growing medium, not soil. Thus it must be supplemented by fertilizer when you get some true leaves or soon thereafter. The mg potting mix slow release fertilizer you're using on the up-potted plants is not going to be sufficient. A low-key fertilizer like diluted organic fish fertilizer, diluted to half the recommended strength, wouldn't burn the seedlings. Definitely do not want to use full strength or non-organic fertilizer at this stage. Anyway as others have already noted you are killing them with kindness; you gotta cut the watering back radically. my seedlings are 14 days old and have gotten 1.5 cups of warm water per 72-cell tray, once. They are slightly slightly moist but pretty dry, and the plants like it that way....See Moresocks
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