Cutting Back Stems After Transplant With Plant Shock?
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Comments (3)This cutting back to the node advice is given to people buying their first Phalaenopsis and I have given that advice in the past at orchid shows. But really your objective should be to make it re-bloom as per its potential and not fiddle about getting another bloom stem from a node which might give you three flowers when the original stem had say seven blooms. To answer your question. If there is a healthy node on a green stem it has the potential to make a keiki or a make a bloom stem. All you can do is wait and see what happens. This post was edited by arthurm on Sun, Jul 6, 14 at 0:15...See MoreLeaves wilting after cuttings transplanted from perlite 2 soilmix
Comments (3)I am new to rooting cuttings. I slowly transistioned my cuttings from 70/30 perlite /soil mix. This was my process from start to finish. Maybe you can figure out something for yourselves. 1) rooted in water or sphagnum moss 2) Put in soil mix of 70% perlite/ 30% pro-MIX soil 3) put in bins with 100% humidity 4) Once rooted to my liking, transferred to 50/50 mix of same components in 1 gal pots. 5) Put pots near North facing window out of direct light. used humidifier to raise humidity level in room to 90-100% 6) Over the course of a week, slowly lowered the humidity in room to normal levels by turning humidifier on and off at different intervals 7 Once in room for a day or two at normal levels, move to room with south facing light 8) Transfer outside to shade to acclimate outside, slowly acclimate to light I still have lost some cuttings due to poor root development. At least 2/3 have survived to this point, which is outside in shade. Good luck! I'm new to this so take it with a grain of salt....See Moretransplanting early, cutting back foliage
Comments (3)Can you provide more information? They are permanently planted. The cluster got divided when transplanting since too huge to lift. I added sand and composted chicken manure over top for drainage. The stems are leaning back right now,but the foliage only seems wilted where there was wind blowing on them in the truck. (I tied the stems together for protection when they were lying down sideways in the truck). I was thinking of cutting off the wilted stems and shorten the existing foliage to help reduce the transplant shock. Any recommendations for this other scenario? Also curious what might happen if I cut them to the ground right now considering that its already starting to get chilly at night....See MoreHow long does it usually take for plants to go into transplant shock?
Comments (5)The compost, pea gravel, and sand were all added to the whole garden. It's a new garden that I dug up in early spring. I've got a very large yard so I dig up new areas to plant in all the time. Most of my yard has nice black dirt under the sod but this particular area is clay, for some reason. Out of the 10 marshmallow plants I planted, it's just the one single plant that isn't getting enough water. I've been having to run the drip hose everyday for it. After a few hours of watering, it perks up. BUT by mid day, the next afternoon, it's drooping over again! This is the 3rd day in a row that I've had to run the drip and all that water is starting to piss off my other plants that are sharing the same garden. Like my Helichrysum italicum, it can't handle all that water. I have about 20 of them in that garden and if I have to keep running the water over there, it's going to kill every one of them! I also have about 20 chamomile plants in there. I should NOT have put water loving plants right next to drought loving plants. Duh! I don't know what I was thinking! And I don't know what to do. I can't dig up all of the marshmallow and move them. That'd be too traumatic for them. Maybe I should dig up just the one that's not getting enough water and plant it somewhere else. I still cannot understand WHY it's having this problem when none of the others are! And just out of curiosity, why is it a bad idea to amend a planting hole?...See Morewestes Zone 9b California SF Bay
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