My Alocasia Black Velvet dropped all its leaves, any advice???
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Cassius Bicapsularis dropping all of its leaves!
Comments (3)It's Plumbago, a tropical plant... were you told not to water unless it was bone dry? If it does have mildew, it could have come home with it (cool greenhouses are more likely to do that than your set-up), though if that's what is going on is true - p.m. is usually visible on the soil, and if you're seeing vague whitish stain-looking things on the leaves, that could just be from the hard water they used at the nursery....See MoreBlack Velvet Alocasia Help
Comments (6)Yes, you have it. Ground or mound layering and stooling are very effective propagation techniques. They require a little more effort than cuttings, but as hobbyists we usually don't worry about that so much when the technique is sure to yield a higher % of successes. Besides, I'm thinking you want to take advantage of anything that moves you closer to a sure thing, and an established root system w/o having to wound, (as is the norm in air layering) goes a long way toward reducing the stress of separation. Since you understand dedifferentiation and redifferentiation, you'll appreciate it's likely that tissues in the old stem will reorganize into a new apical meristem after separation & you'll end up with a twofer out of the deal. Here is a tree that had a trunk too tall for good bonsai. I'm shortening it by several inches, using a ground-layering technique: I cut a hole a little bigger than the trunk, then made a vertical slit up the sidewall, and then continued it across the bottom to the hole. I applied a tourniquet on the trunk (you won't need one because of the preformed adventitious roots), slipped the split pot over the trunk from the side, taped it back together, filled it with soil, and kept it moist. Al...See MoreBlack velvet alocasia
Comments (3)Deefar, My experience so far with this plant is that you are best off treating it almost as a succulent rather than a jungle plant. What that means is that you should never let it be really wet, and you should let it dry out between waterings. The humidity can be high, but the soil cannot be allowed to become really water-saturated because if it does, the plant is likely to rot off quickly. I have this plant as well as the Alocasia rugosum (similar in care) and they are doing fine under this regime. I lost a Black Velvet last year when the rains came and it got really wetted down. It died in about a week's time and there was no saving it (I tried valiantly). So, in conclusion, you can grow it indoors so long as you give it partial sun and don't ever let it get too wet. LariAnn Here is a link that might be useful: Aroidia Research...See MorePeppers (all varieties)--lower leaves yellowing and dropping
Comments (14)General feedback not at all specifically related to pepper plants... I would pull the mulch back from the stems a bit. Covering the ground with newspaper could be causing the water to shed to the edges, before it's able to soak into the ground, depending on the level of its' decomposition at this point. If it's close to stems, pulling that back a bit too could help water penetrate the root zone. Any time mulch is added to a spot where there was none before, there can be a "nitrogen robbing" effect the first year, until the decomposition process gets going. Fertilizer with a higher 1st number can help combat that. This would be something I'd ask the "pepper people" about. The compost could have been a little "hot" to be in the root zone (vs. just on the surface.) Much less risk of burning roots when this is applied to surface vs. dug in or tilled under. Wasn't sure from your phrasing which you did, may or may not be applicable to your pictured plants. Next year you'll be glad if this year, you finish the smothering you've started by pulling those little grass & any other unwanted sprouts that have managed to get going, while they're still small, before they make & drop new seeds, to break the cycle. On this page that lists all of the forums: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums One can find hot peppers: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/pepper And general forum for all veggies: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/cornucop There's probably a forum for your local area too, not sure which one would be the best match from just "northeast." Let me know if you need help deciding!...See MoreJustin Hun
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