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Originally Posted by sentravapor  they are in 6 inch pots? are you watering the edges of the pot or right under the stem. both pictures the dirt looks pretty dry in the area the plant is in. are the leaves brittle? or do they seem to have moisture? if they seem like they would crumble in your hand if you rubbed it then you might want to water again. get a bag of perlite from home depot before your next transplant. just go to home depot and look by the potting soil. my home cheapo only carries the MG kind but it works non the less.
i fill the pot about 60% with soil then add the perlite to within an inch or so of the rim then i dig my hands in and start flipping the mix from bottom to top till it looks like everything is to my liking. (remember perlite is lighter than the dirt so as you water over time more and more comes to the surface) |
Sry just checked the pots they are 5 inch. I just repotted them on 9/13 had them in dixie cups and didn't expect them to grow like they did and by the time I repotted them the roots where growing around the bottom of the cup. I try to water both places just til a bit of water comes out the bottom. Will I need to repot again soon?
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Originally Posted by InToker To be honest I didn't add anything to it. would they have this at home depot?
They should...if not check walmart. Perlite is readily available and i don't believe there is a specific type you need. I grabbed whatever what least expensive.
In addition to adding perlite to the soil. I lined the bottom of the pot with newspaper and added a couple inches of perlite to the bottom, enough to cover the runoff puka (hole), and added my soil on top. One thing to add would be dolomite lime. It doesn't take much, it buffers the ph, adds micro/macro nutes, and is typically recommended by soil users. For the dolomite lime, you may have to go to a garden shop...not expensive.
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I'll will look into it, have to find the "local" garden shop. (nothing really local around here)
Looks like I need to make a trip and pick afew things up. This is my 1st attemp at it so we'll see how it goes.