Help with a Calathea?
prairiemoon2 z6b MA
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Need help with my Calathea (makoyana)
Comments (9)Great to hear everything is doing well! I love Prayer plants, dunno why, there's just something about them, lol. As for the fertilizer, I'm not too sure, I've never used it so I can't say. Rose and Flower though, on a Calathea, Aloe, and the Fittonia, might be a tad bit too strong, since flower fertilizer is usually high in Potassium and Phosphorus, (Help with roots and budding). For those I'd use the one high in Nitrogen (Maybe a little less on the Aloe and Kalanchoe. Well, I guess you could use a tiny amount of the flower one on the Kalanchoe?) It's all about experimenting too. Use a small amount first, and see how the plants will react! Good Luck and Happy planting!...See Morei need help with my calathea ornata!
Comments (1)can you post a photo of the plant?...See MoreHelp with Calathea Warscewiczii
Comments (10)Well it sure is great you are able to keep that humidity level for your plants, but in regards to individual humidity needs, nothing there on your list needs as much as Calathea warscewiczii. The Calathea orbifolia comes close, but still needs less. The very bottom end that's usually recommended for the C. warscewiczii is 50% just to survive. The pros use much higher. It probably came from a greenhouse in the range of 70%. It's always possible to keep houseplants at lower than their recommended humidity levels, with excellent watering, and grouping with other plants for localized extra humidity, but there is something you should know about the way the leaves develop. There is an effect in many plants where it will grow leaves "tuned" to the ambient conditions while the leaf is forming (i.e. 70+% greenhouse). They can grow new leaves tuned to much lower levels (maybe in the range of 50%), but in some plants it can be impossible to change the humidity resistance of a leaf after it is already developed. So you may want to try to keep those leaves alive as long as possible while you wait for newer, more-hardened leaves to develop. Meanwhile you'll want to use every trick in the book to raise every little bit of humidity you can: grouping plants, gravel trays, turning up the humidifier, frequent leaf washing, etc....See MoreCan someone help diagnose this Calathea Dottie
Comments (3)my calathia was very big but 1.5 year ago when we travelled my husbund's cousin came to water my plants but later day by day became weaker and died only one or two leaves survived , i repotted , changed its soil ,changed its position location ,and feeded with (egg shelf and banana peels) but no use till now it grows few leaves but small its not going to be big leaves like before almost tried everything .....See Moregetgoing100_7b_nj
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