Spider Plant new growth turns black
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Spider plants, turning black
Comments (4)How much are you watering? Sounds like a combination of over-feeding maybe, over-watering and now the pots too big. Since you just re-potted I wouldn't feed the plant anyway for at least 4 or so months. When you eventually do fertilize, use less then half strength once a month or so in the warm season, no need to over due it. Spiders need to dry out before watering them again. They also do better in a snug pot rather then one thats too large. A good light for them is bright indirect with a little sun, like a half hr or so is good enough. Billy Rae...See MoreSpider plant Growth
Comments (5)The form and shape look great! I hope it's just a trick of the camera flash (and poor vision on my part) that it looks like there's some kind of bugs all over it....See MorePepper plants new growth turning yellow (help)
Comments (3)The gnats are in the Miracle Grow potting mix. It is a problem this year. If you google "miracle grow gnats" you will get 18,700 hits and a day's worth of reading about people being really pissed off about it. The pro mix has no nutritive value afaik; it's just peat, vermiculite, perlite, and the usual other odds and ends. It's a growing medium, not soil. Thus it must be supplemented by fertilizer when you get some true leaves or soon thereafter. The mg potting mix slow release fertilizer you're using on the up-potted plants is not going to be sufficient. A low-key fertilizer like diluted organic fish fertilizer, diluted to half the recommended strength, wouldn't burn the seedlings. Definitely do not want to use full strength or non-organic fertilizer at this stage. Anyway as others have already noted you are killing them with kindness; you gotta cut the watering back radically. my seedlings are 14 days old and have gotten 1.5 cups of warm water per 72-cell tray, once. They are slightly slightly moist but pretty dry, and the plants like it that way....See MoreBaptisia problem- new growth turns black and dies
Comments (5)It looks like it’s in a bed with Hostas, and those have very different cultural requirements compared to Baptisia. For me, Baptisia have always thrived in areas with poorer, unamended, well-draining soil, where they get full sun all day. Most Hostas prefer much richer, moister soil with some shade, so if the Hostas are happy, it may be too rich/moist for the Baptisia. It also may be an overwatering issue: I’ve never given mine any supplemental water after they're established, and they handle heat and drought with no problem thanks to their deep taproots. I definitely wouldn’t top dress them with anything...you don‘t want to retain any more moisture around them....See Moresocks
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