I’m still a novice when it comes to houseplants. I’ve had this baby philodendron florida ghost for a little over a month, and we’ve been having some issues.

So when I got her, I transferred to a semi hydro setup in perlite (she had sad, spindly little roots, and I was thinking it would be gentler than pon as the semi hydro roots developed). Then I put the thin, fragile thing under a grow light and scorch the few tiny green leaves that are actually photosynthesizing.

Anyway, yesterday I noticed mold on top of the perlite and it finally clicks that the perlite was holding way too much moisture. All my other plants that I transferred directly into pon are showing really impressive root growth.

I take it out of the pot and realize that there is zero new root growth. Zilch. So, I panic and repot in a very chunky mix.

As you would imagine, she is not happy, and I’m not sure what to do. I’m worried that the shock of going back into soil will cause the plant to croak, but I’m also afr

I have a Tradescantia fluminensis growing in a hydroponic Kratky/ wick setup in an old bottle.

I never fill the bottle with more than 1/3 nutrient solution, but it lasts for more than a month, in winter even two.

Zero maintenance you think? Wrong! This plant is only a few months old, and growing like a weed.
I have to trim it every few weeks, and like a hydra, it regrows more twigs than I cut and gets even bushier.

The neon colors only get out if it gets enough sun, but sometimes, it's too much, and it gets a slight sunburn.
I have to rotate it every few days to not get burnt too much on one side :D

The roots also look great

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They are all less than a year old, most of them not even a few months.

Even though it was winter the whole time, they all grew like crazy, and I already propagated a lot of them and gifted them to friends.

I bought most of them when they were just two leaves big and I already needed to upsize the pot or split them.

That's why I've called the post "Spring Edition", because I suspect them to be a lot bigger in the end of the year :)

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It isn't even half a year old, and it seems like it has adapted to the new hydroponic environment quite well.

The other ones I bought were in a bit worse condition and struggling a bit more.

This specimen, one with pure white flowers, has been growing quite a bit over the last weeks and regenerated a lot of healthy roots.
Many of them were rotten initially.

Now, in the last week or so, there has been a new secondary flower spike forming on the primary one I didn't cut.
Because this one was in a better condition, I didn't cut off both spikes, only one, to conserve more energy for vegetative growth.

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Hey all. One of my hobbies is designing and 3d printing simple plant pots. I usually give the first one to my elderly neighbor because she got me into the idea years ago.

Anyone have an idea or a need for a planter I can try to design? I generally like more minimalist themes.

Hey there! Hoping for some help. I've never really owned plants, but my best friend is moving out of state and gave me 6 plants she didn't want to throw away. 4 of them are looking pretty rough. They are a ponytail palm, a monstera, a euphorbia Trigona, and mystery plant. They are all getting what I think is medium light? In my apartment, which has a north facing sliding glass door and windows, and they have all been being watered once a week. They also have been getting "miracle grow tropical house plant food" once a week, except for the euphorbia which has just been getting water. Any tips to try and save these lil guys?

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I had to repot one of my Calatheas, because this one was a bit unhappy with the potting configuration.

It has been growing in semi hydro for half a year now, and has been in soil before when I bought it.
This is why the upper parts of the roots are brown-ish.

They make rhizomes, similar to ginger or potatoes, to store energy for the future. From those bulbs can also emerge new shoots if they are near enough the surface, and can be divided there for propagation if the plant is big enough.

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TL;DR

You can buy shot dispensers, that dose a certain amount of liquid (usually 20 ml) with each pour, and then make your own stock solution for your fertilizer.

With that, you can create your nutrient solutions WAY quicker and don't have to measure anything.

I have made it that one shot per watering can equals the exact dosing recommendations for the final nutrient solution, with the extra benefit that the fertilizer doesn't spoil.

Why?

Measuring and dosing fertilizer can be a tedious task.

I for example use Masterblend for my hydroponic setups, including all of my houseplants, which is a 3-part fertilizer that comes in form of a highly concentrated powder and includes everything the plant needs.

You can still use liquid nutrients if you prefer, especially if you need smaller amounts. I personally like to mix it myself, because it's way cheaper than having someone else dissol

Hello everybody, I’ve just moved and the new home’s garden has onions, mint, salvia and other edible plants growing near a Rhododendron (between 50cm and 2mt away, growing in the same piece of land).

Is it safe to eat any of it? Or is it possible to “save” the salvia and rosemary by moving them to a separate pot and waiting for sometime?

The plant itself looks very healthy imo.

This leaf has already been breaking off slowly over the last week(s) or so. It's one of, if not the lowest one, and I belive the stem is just growing so fast and thick that it might have been just ripped apart, so I don't worry about it.

Today, I noticed some powder residue sitting on the upper area, mainly the stem.
I highly suspect a fungal infection, most probably powdery mealdew.

And I mostly believe that it is just a stress symptom of the plant. I trimmed off quite a few roots and also forgot to water it a few times over the last weeks, because it's just SO thirsty due to all the sun it's getting now in the spring.

It sits in a hydroponic medium (semi hydro with LECA) and has been extremely healthy over the last few months. Still, this, and the high humidity fluctuations (one week 20%, the other one 80%!) were super stressful for it, so I don't wonder myself about this.

It also looks quite a bit dehydrated and nutri