Hellebores...what speeds up growth?
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Growth speed of Dendrobium Kingianum?
Comments (22)Moth Orchid. Please tell the readers where you are. That is vital information if you are after cultivation hints. Temperatures down to 32F are not a worry for this orchid which you have placed in much too big a pot. (Overpotted) In nature it is often found growing on rocks (Lithophyte) and I have seen it growing in poor well drained stony soil. Good Luck! Read the thread and see if you can find the notes written by the late Wilford Neptune. Added via Edit. The keikis will not tax the plant at all. Unfortunately some very desirable clones make lots of keikis. I think modern breeding is trying to eliminate lots of keikis. But you will get flowers on the keikis as well as on the main plant BUT, you are trying to copy the climate in eastern Australia somewhere in the USA and if you grow your kingianum alongside your Phalaenopsis it will be happy and will grow very nicely because that is what it is adapted to do, grow when conditions are right. Alas, the conditions needed to make it flower will not be appreciated by a Phalaenopsis. This post was edited by arthurm on Sat, Jan 10, 15 at 17:14...See MoreSnapdragon growth speed
Comments (1)I tried wintersowing bronze Chantilly snapdragons this past winter... had a little mishap but I have one growing. It was started a little later than should have but never the less.... It still might be early enough but this is my first time with taller snapdragons so I'm not certain. Might want to try the annual forum...See Morehow to speed up hibiscus growth
Comments (3)You can fertilize them at 1/2 the recommended strength with one of the blue fertilizer powders like MiracleGro or Peter's. Only do it once or twice before spring. You don't say where you are so spring may be weeks or months away. A couple of weeks before you plant them outside, tear up the soil about 2 feet square. Cover the spot with black plastic and hold it down with bricks or rocks, This will heat the soil. When ready to plant, cut a X for the hole in the middle of the plastic and add the plant. Fold the edges of the X under to expose some soil around the plant. The plastic will keep the soil warm to encourage growth and the reflected heat will encourage growth....See MoreHow to speed up growth and get earlier blooms/fruit set?
Comments (4)"I have also heard that you can kick up a plant's bloom cycle by removing some of the leaves. The psychology of that is that the plant feels threatened and goes into species survival mode. I can attest to it working in eggplants, but have not yet tried it for tomatoes." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know much about "plant psychology" other than I hear certain kinds of music stimulate plants more than other types :::smile::: However, I think the physiology of stripping tomato leaves has more to do with forcing the plant into a "phosphorus mode" (flowering mode) rather than a "nitrogen mode" (growing mode). The theory is, you're removing the infrastructural source of nitrogen which is a mobile nutrient within the plant. When the plant's overall nitrogen base is lowered, it kicks the plant into "P-mode" and the plant responds by throwing out flowers. As far as "psychology" goes ... I wouldn't worry about causing any plant psychosis :::smile::: I had a Purdue graduate who farms tomatoes organically tell me that. Basically, he said if you're feeding nitrogen rich fertilizers and you want the plant to switch from growth to flowering without adding phosphorus to the soil, simply strip foliage. Then he started scribbling some notes down with lots of N+ and P+ symbols all tied together like in a family tree and rattling on about stuff I couldn't follow :::yawn::: but ... Anyway, I think with Homestead you might want to make sure that if you strip foliage, you make sure and not pinch off any side shoots or growing tips as Homestead is determinate and you'd be reducing potential yield. Stick to removing matured lower leaves....See More- last monthlast modified: last month
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