I basically got this plant for free from home Depot. It...
4ft to light, indirect
4” pot without drainage
Last watered 10 months ago
2
Here is the root rot treatment to get her growing well.
1. Remove from your pot, to check the roots. If there is anything brown black or mushy you have rot and will need to cut it all off. Keep only the healthy roots they will be whitish in color
Now root rot comes from a bacteria that forms in your soil and then attacks your plant. So treatment is absolutely necessary.
2. Cut off all affected roots soak what is left in:
1 part peroxide + 3 parts water and leave in the peroxide mix to soak for 5 minutes this will kill off the remaining bacteria. It will bubble pot and fizz this is good it’s killing the bacteria.
3. Next is soil, the best
choice is to throw it away. It’s safest. Or bake it for 1 hour in a 200
Degree oven, not the greatest because it REALLY stinks. But it’s effective. Or the most risky way is to thoroughly flush your soil out with your peroxide mix twice! You need to be very careful and do it thoroughly because if even a teeny bit of bacteria is left your rot will come back.
4. Now the pot, it also has that pesky bacteria you must scrub it out with soapy water very well and then also scrub it down with the peroxide mix.
Now you can plant her again. Be sure to add some perlite to your soil for aeration. This will help oxygen reach those roots and I avoid bacteria growth in the future.
When you repot make sure she is well draining soil. I keep all of mine in this mix:
1/3 peat moss
1/3 perlite
1/3 bark small pieces
1. Remove from your pot, to check the roots. If there is anything brown black or mushy you have rot and will need to cut it all off. Keep only the healthy roots they will be whitish in color
Now root rot comes from a bacteria that forms in your soil and then attacks your plant. So treatment is absolutely necessary.
2. Cut off all affected roots soak what is left in:
1 part peroxide + 3 parts water and leave in the peroxide mix to soak for 5 minutes this will kill off the remaining bacteria. It will bubble pot and fizz this is good it’s killing the bacteria.
3. Next is soil, the best
choice is to throw it away. It’s safest. Or bake it for 1 hour in a 200
Degree oven, not the greatest because it REALLY stinks. But it’s effective. Or the most risky way is to thoroughly flush your soil out with your peroxide mix twice! You need to be very careful and do it thoroughly because if even a teeny bit of bacteria is left your rot will come back.
4. Now the pot, it also has that pesky bacteria you must scrub it out with soapy water very well and then also scrub it down with the peroxide mix.
Now you can plant her again. Be sure to add some perlite to your soil for aeration. This will help oxygen reach those roots and I avoid bacteria growth in the future.
When you repot make sure she is well draining soil. I keep all of mine in this mix:
1/3 peat moss
1/3 perlite
1/3 bark small pieces
Sorry the post is so long but I am in my kitchen with a pair of tweezers picking at this thing! So this was what I was able to save from the rot. I got it mother's day so I thought it was going to be ok. The other day I put some pH down (fox farm). @ no lower than 5 or 6 and added a tiny splash of ready mixed plant food ( before that it was living on just rain water I changed once a week ) NOW all the flowers have died and the leaves are all browning... I thought I was doing ok with it because it had new growth so I assumed that even though it wasn't putting out any new roots that it was starting to recover. ::"I was only trying to help it officer..."::: I really want to try some LECA/semi hydro... and thought a plant that has already been grown in water might be a good option for a beginner (now I am reading that plants need soil roots for LECA not water roots!). The picture with the green vase is "THE GOAL". I know that a plant cant live its entire life in water and eventually I will have to transfer to soil BUT does anyone know how I can get this thing well again and get it in this stupid vase I got from Walmart and for whatever Nero Spicy reason I can't stop thinking about? Thank you for reading all of this and if you have any answers for an ole gal thank you in advance!
