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Giving this guy max sunlight this summer - but curious if anyone has had birds or squirrels mess with their jade’s? or do they ignore them for the most part?

(please ignore the mess in the back, doing renos…slowly…)

Our massive spider combination plant at the office. At this point we just water it with a hose and hope for the best. I’ve taken too many spider plant pups that it doesn’t even matter. No one is going to try repotting either. hundreds of babies. We just sit and marvel!

Hey all, got this monstera a few months ago and it was just one tiny leaf. Got my first fenestration which was honestly like a month+ ago. It gets good light and feels healthy and firm. The petiole just keeps getting taller and taller, it has literally grown like 12 inches from the stem in 3 weeks. I’m thinking i’ll see a new leaf soon.

Does long petiole mean bigger new leaf? I know its not a lack of light issue. This monstera got acclimated to my southeast facing window and gets about 4-5 hours of direct morning sun each day, and 14-16 hours of bright indirect during the summer. Hoping to see a full fenestration soon!

The chop and prop never fails. 4 new jades on the way! Not sure what i’m gonna do with them lol.

Hey all, I got this Alocasia elephant ear about a month ago (purple pot) Substrate is about 30% leca, 20% orchid bark, 20% perlite, 30% remaining is rich potting soil. Lots of bottom drainage holes. I think i’m doing things right as its actively unfurling a large new leaf, but wondering long term, do these guys like to keep their feet wet? I have been bottom watering and it drinks like no tomorrow. Water is gone in seconds.

Also I was told these can grow in full sun, but mine started getting some crispy edges on the leaves on the really sunny days (southeast facing window, gets direct morning sun and lots of indirect light in the afternoon and evening). So I moved it a couple feet back for now. The plant “label” it came with says it can grow in pond or hydro-setups with the entire base submerged…i have a bucket with an aquarium aerator but I feel like with my luck, everything would just rot if i set that up.

All advice welcome! I’m still learning 😊

Hey all,

Here I have what I believe is a colocasia teacup “big dipper” with the black variegated stem. Correct me if i’m wrong!

I got this plant from marketplace a few weeks ago where it was growing in Semi-hydro LECA only. cache pot and inside nursery pot system. I used distilled water and water soluble fertilizer for it but noticed mold forming on the surface of the LECA this morning when i went to refresh the water. Plant is indoors, gets at least 4 hours of direct morning sunlight every day, with probably another 8-10 hours of bright indirect light. I live in mid-west canada, southeast facing window!

I removed the plant and noticed some minor rot occurring on some of the roots. I think this plant used to grow in soil at the green house at some point based on some minor soil residue on the root ball. I cut all the rot I could see away, removed all the soil i could, disinfected the roots with diluted hydrogen peroxide spray, and have decided I want to just use perlite moving forward.

I find perlite easier to handle in terms of oxygen to the roots. I have no issue with more frequent watering as required. Is this a safe transition? Any advice moving forward? I know there are baby plants sprouting from their own little corms, i’d like to keep it that way for now! Anyone have success in growing plants in perlite only (with fertilizer of course)?

Thanks all

Hey all,

Here I have what I believe is a colocasia teacup “big dipper” with the black variegated stem. Correct me if i’m wrong!

I got this plant from marketplace a few weeks ago where it was growing in Semi-hydro LECA only. cache pot and inside nursery pot system. I used distilled water and water soluble fertilizer for it but noticed mold forming on the surface of the LECA this morning when i went to refresh the water. Plant is indoors, gets at least 4 hours of direct morning sunlight every day, with probably another 8-10 hours of bright indirect light. I live in mid-west canada, southeast facing window!

I removed the plant and noticed some minor rot occurring on some of the roots. I think this plant used to grow in soil at the green house at some point based on some minor soil residue on the root ball. I cut all the rot I could see away, removed all the soil i could, disinfected the roots with diluted hydrogen peroxide spray, and have decided I want to just use perlite moving forward.

I find perlite easier to handle in terms of oxygen to the roots. I have no issue with more frequent watering as required. Is this a safe transition? Any advice moving forward? I know there are baby plants sprouting from their own little corms, i’d like to keep it that way for now! Anyone have success in growing plants in perlite only (with fertilizer of course)?

Thanks all

Hey all,

Hoping someone can help with identifying this seedling growing in an old pot outside my home lol. I live in Mid-western Saskatchewan, Canada, so brutally cold winters. Our residential streets are almost only surrounded by large wide canopy American elms. Leaf edges are serrated if you look closely, and they do not grow in pairs, there is vertical spacing between each node (Sorry the photo angle doesn't help). Leaves mostly grow at a staggered angle to one another, though not perfectly.

Also, the stem is already woody, so I've ruled out herbaceous weeds. Any other info or insight helps!! I have no idea how american elms germinate or if this is unlikely, but would love to know if I should pull it or just let it be in the pot! Lol

Cheers!

My friend who’s moving countries randomly gave me this massive cutting. Just chopped it in front of me and said good luck. Lol.

I have a monstera but have never propagated one. Any idea on best way to get this thing rooted? It’s super wide and wondering if it’s safe to chop a leaf or leave as is. I don’t know how to properly propagate this until it roots. Any advice welcome!!

I recently switched my black stemmed “big dipper” tea cup colocasia variant (I think that’s what this is anyway) into semi-hydro LECA as i’ve been in a constant battle with fungus gnats. It was originally in its nursey pot which was getting pretty root bound. Lots of new growth below.

The hello kitty pot (lol) has drainage holes. Cache pot is distilled water with superthrive and diluted liquid fertilizer. I think water is about 1-2 inches up in the pot, with bulb sitting out of the water and potentially 50% of the roots in contact with the reservoir.

I understand the plant will need to adjust and grow water roots over the next week, but wondering if this can work long term? anyone do the same? Thank you!!

Hey everyone! I got this elephant ear alocasia about 4 months ago and it had been growing quite steadily in its tiny nursery pot…I’ve been experimenting with semi-hydro LECA and considering that this plant does love high humidity and moist feet, I thought i’d try repotting it into straight LECA with diluted liquid fertilizer. Am I going to end up killing this bad boy or could this in theory work?

It was super root bound in the nursery pot. I cleaned off all the soil i potentially could and the pot does have drainage holes. water is about 1-2 inches in the cache pot. the upper root ball is not sitting in water while the lower half of the root system i’m sure is in contact with the reservoir. It’s been a few days since repotting and the only negative sign i’ve seen was one of the older leaves furling up and getting a little crispy. The rest appear as is.

Thank you!!

Hey all, here’s my staghorn fern that i’ve had for about 6 months. Its grown quite big since I got it and i’ve finally decided to take it out of the darn greenhouse nursery pot.

I’ve decided to go with a hanging basket style instead of wood board. I flattened the root ball/spongey soily mess that it was in and removed what i could. Basket has drainage holes. Coco coir liner, a couple inches of orchid bark and potting mix, and then damp sphagnum moss all around. Still can’t tell it I have it oriented properly or not. I see new growth at the top and that’s what I made to be the “top” side of the plant. Will this switch be good?

I have large windows everywhere and can hang this in a bright indirect window so no issue there. Photo just taken in the basement where i was repotting lol

Thank you!!

I have no idea what this exact plant is called, but my neighbour just handed it over to me with zero context. Just said “take it if you want, i’m downsizing”.

I think it has seen some better days, and I assume it is a philodendron of sorts. the substrate does appear to be well draining and chunky, but not sure where to start. It’s also just stretched all over the place from what i assume is lack of lighting.

I have monstrous windows upstairs (took photo in basement) so light won’t be an issue.

Any help appreciated!!

This came off of a dying motherplant at a friend’s house lol. the stem is definitely healthy, firm, and the leaves are firm as well. Think this guy lives if I plop it in some gritty mix once the cut ends callous over?

Got this deliciosa a few months ago and it was 2 tiny little leaves. Must be happy if there’s a first fenestration, right?!

I don’t know much about these plants but I did my best. I’ll get a stake to tie the stem too but there isn’t much stem at the moment. it’s all leaf stems. I basically water it once thoroughly when most of the soil is dry. Seems to be working. Any advice appreciated!

I hope i’m doing this right?! I mean it’s still a baby but I see root growth. Bottom half of roots in water, top half outside of the water line for oxygen. Very dilute fertilizer at the moment. If this works i’m never using soil again. Way easier and no fungus gnats!!

Well, my aloe has grown like crazy but in a really silly and funky sort of way. The stems all seem to kind of come out of the same root ball. Get’s lots of sunlight and I rotate the pot often. I guess they are all just trying to escape prison. I kind of like how it looks though? What would you do here?

Hey all, i’ve had this gollum jade for about a year now. It was a tiny little cutting with a few tubes and now it’s looking like a decent well developed tiny tree. I’ve never pruned it, just rotate the pot weekly. It get’s sun-blasted at that window (today is just rainy). Watered only when soil is completely bone dry, and drains pretty fast (its at my office hence the water note because some colleagues don’t understand lol).

Is it too small to prune? i’d like to get a nice thick trunk on it one day! advice appreciated.