ZZ plant rescue
Karen S. (7b, NYC)
4 years ago
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Indoor plants as sturdy as ZZ Plant, but small?
Comments (5)Chinese evergreen is the answer. They tolerate low light better than most other plants. You might also want to consider setting up a desk lamp with a CFL in the 6500K range to offer a bit more light and give you some more options....See MoreZZ plant with new growth!
Comments (6)Congrats on the new growth! I've very recently discovered a wonderful locally-owned nursery. Well, I knew of the place but never really bothered to stop by there because they have an awkward entrance into their location. Anyways, I was looking around at all of the beautiful plants they had and came across this huge ZZ plant. Bigger than any I've ever seen before. It was sitting on the ground and the tips of the leaves reached almost up to my shoulders. I almost couldn't believe it. They also had an African Mask (Alocasia Amazonica) with large leaves and it was in full bloom. But since I had those two plants already, I ended up buying this beautiful Philodendron "Xanadu." Though, I wanted to take home many others. Something tells me that I'll be back. Albeit, not soon enough... Getting back to the subject, my ZZ plant sits in a brightly shaded location in my backyard. With me and my "Procrastinator-itis," I haven't gotten around to repotting it just yet. It's fine for now, but I prefer using my own pots and soil. I rescued it from the neglect that goes on at my local WalMart garden center. They just got them in, so they were still very healthy. But they just stuck them out in the fenced in section, where it sat in full sunlight all day long. The leaves almost got burned. Not bad or anything, because I rescued it in time. So they look like they're just slightly variegated. None of the small leaflets died, which is what I was keeping an eye out for. Plus, I wanted to give it time to recover. Not that it really need it. Hence my procrastinating. But now it's started to grow again, so I plan on getting out there and repotting it and several other plants that seem to just follow me home all of the time, including my Xanadu....See MoreWanted: Spider plant seed or ZZ plant seed
Comments (0)I'm looking for seeds from these two plants: chlorophytum comosum (Spider plant), full green leave variety. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophytum_comosum Zamioculcas zamiifolia (ZZ plant), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamioculcas. These two common house plants are too easy to propagate from cuttings. For this reason it is very rare to find vendor that sells their seeds. I exclusively grow plants from seeds so please if you have them please let me know Thank you....See MoreMold or fungus on ZZ plant soil?
Comments (5)Thanks for the reply. When you say "throw all that out," do you mean just the soil, or dump the whole plant? Watering - I found tons of conflicting info online, ranging from let the top 2" dry to let the whole thing dry. Tried to split the difference by letting it dry halfway, but the truth is I was pretty lax so it probably ended up close to all dry in most watering cycles. I did have some trouble assessing moisture, though, since the wooden skewers I use oft end up poking into the ZZ's tubers, so I'm wary of probing soil. Perlite is mixed throughout the soil, in a roughly 50/50 ratio. Photo:...See MoreKaren S. (7b, NYC)
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