A Game: What's This in My Water?
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Comments (2)No it shouldnt You see a terrarium is a catch 22 in my opinion, thats why I no longer use them. The tray method is 100% with me, but when you pump up the humidity you then always have a risk of fungus. If the water in the trays goes stagnant then ofcause this also leads to rot. I think in your setup where the plant has such a nice living enviroment with lots of light and measured humidity, that watering it by hand would be fine. You could even put a layer of PERLITE in the water trays to absord the excess water, this water will evaporate from the perlite giving extra humidity as its needed and will ofcause clean the water (when it condenses it should be like a solar distill) I think your new method is 100% Cheers Sheldon...See MoreGame time! My loss is your gain. Prize is a grp of 3 branches
Comments (78)Btw I'm jesse I'm very new to the plumeria forum as I have only been growing plumerias for about a year & 1/2 but I managed to get 8 plumies already and I want more as I'm addicted to them :). I mean who isn't after their first one?! I'm from Orange CA born and raised but currently live in riverside CA. Btw I would of never thought to root plumeria in water! I thought it would rott. I'm definitely going to try it when I get a cutting. When I bought some plumerias I was given 4 cutting that had a lot of green on them not that mature. I got them to root but it took forever. I put them in water to plump up because they were really soft by the time I got home (they were already kinda soft when I received them. They were free so I took them) and then I put rooting hormone on them the next day and mixed miracle grow soil with perlite and put them in 1 gallon pots with black stones ontop of the soil and watered good and put in direct sun and I did mist the cuttings so they wouldn't go soft again. I did water the soil every few days because in direct sun the soil dried out pretty quick. They did root I recently gave 2 away and I kept 2 I dont remember what Variety they are all I know they were some sort of pink. They bloomed but don't even remember how they look like I was on vacation when they started. now they have 3 branches on them. I feel that I did a good job for my first time at rooting plumeria cuttings. Now that I remember I also rooted another cutting along with those 4. It's a cutting that is very special to me know that was gifted to me by my Uncle when he saw I had just got into plumerias he already had 2 but he had bought some cuttings and he gave me one. When he gave me the cutting it had flowers on it and it was a Y the blooms I kind of remember were 2 or possibly 3 dark colors I remember I liked it a lot. When I first tried to root it I failed and it rotted so then had to save it and cut off and just kept 1 cutting that eventually rooted and now has formed another Y but haven't seen it bloom again. It's very special to me because my uncle has Gone to heaven this past December and he left me my last great gift that I will treasure. Anyways But I will definitely next time try the water rooting. Thanks for the info and I will look forwards in learning much more from you!...See MoreIs my cactus under watered, over watered? Rotting?
Comments (15)Vanessa From your description of mix it sounds that it does get properly moist - only you can judge that. Sand is usually very fine and typically decrease drainage rather than increase - it clogs up any spaces available between larger particles. But if it is coarse, it would work. And there are ppl that grow succulents in sand very successfully - but they have lots of knowledge and experience... Grit in the mix is desirable ingredient; pebbles are usually too large (what's visible in your photo is too large for the mix, but good for top-dressing) Grit should be about size of aquarium gravel, and any other additional materials too. Many of us use a gritty mix. There is very good and quite detailed info on this forum if you search for "gritty mix". There could be some adjustments made to it using suitable substrates - whole idea is to create well-draining and airy mix. Perlite, grit, scoria, turface, pumice are some that are used most often. Small bark is used too. I use mix of grit (chicken grit), perlite and turface - these are quite easy for me to find. And I use top-dressing a lot, sometimes just chicken grit, sometimes pebbles and/or rocks - they help to anchor newly planted plant (and my hope is that they deter at least some digging by squirrels - just a little - since I keep plants outdoors). Rina...See MoreWater Pressure and my Hot Water Heater.....
Comments (24)skyclad- Let me again point out that a Pressure Reduction Valve (PRV) should not be buried and the city telling you that lines would have to be dug up sounds entirely bogus. PRV's do not last forever because they have an internal diaphragm that needs to be refurbished periodically (typically every 10 years or so). There is also an adjustment screw that you have to set to get the correct pressure, and sometimes you need to reset it if the supply pressure changes significantly. I'm not saying it's impossible that someone buried it -- in the concrete or behind some sheetrock -- but only an imbecile would do so. You may have a PRV somewhere and just be unaware of it. Or there might not be one, and you will need to have one installed. Finally, when the employee told you 130 PSI was "normal," all that means is that could be the normal supply pressure, not that it would be ok to have that pressure inside the house. Regardless of whether it's 150, or 130 or even 100 psi, as Jake said, you've got to get it adjusted down to no more than 80 psi....See More- 4 years ago
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