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Sherry:
Since I live in PA, outdoors isn't currently an option The web site
suggests a mixture of peat, potting soil and osmunda fibre so it stays damp, but
drains quickly. Right now I have it suspended in an aquarium with the leaf
and the growing tip out of the water, but with the stem end and one joint
in the water. It has the light from the aquarium, and there is some
nutrient in the water because of the fish. A local horticulturist said
that I should wait to plant it until there is a little root growth. I
thought perhaps after a root starts I will mix the planting
medium, and use a medium sized pot to accommodate the length of the
cutting, - anchoring it into the medium in the same position it is now in
water. I would set the pot on a pebble bed for humidity in a small empty
aquarium and kepp it watered and drained. A small aquarium light should
provide the necessary illumination. Here's hoping!
Carol
In a message dated 3/11/2009 5:11:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
TheTropix@msn.com writes:
Hi Carol,
There are a great number of experts in the IAS, (I'm not one
of them) so you went to the right place for advice.
If anyone here offers better suggestions than mine,
listen to them, these people know their stuff.
This is what I'd do. (and have had to do as
well)
Try putting it outdoors, but not
in the sun and water lightly a couple of times a day. I don't
know if the glass of water will do more harm than good, so plant it (shallow)
in some good, loose potting soil. Be sure to protect it from the
sun and don't let it dry out, but not wet
either. Wet usually brings on rot. If you choose to
fertilize, use at 1/4 strength at most...weak so it won't overwhelm the
plant. Remember....keep it in med - bright shade, but no direct
sun.
Best of luck!
Sherry
----- Original Message -----
From: R*@aol.com
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 4:31
PM
Subject: [Aroid-l] rescuing a skimpy
cutting
Hi everyone: I am new to this list and I'm not sure whether the
text of my request to Mr. Weeks was shown to anyone yet, so please excuse me
if this is a repeat. I am not an aroid hobbyist, but for many years I
had tried to locate a variety of philodendron that I had in the
sixties. I succeeded in finding one straggly one last year in a store
that has since gone out of business, and I was nursing it along.
I was recently in the hospital, and lost the whole plant except for one
spindly stem with one leaf. I desparately need some advice on how to
save it, since none of the greenhouses or horticulturists around here have
ever heard of it. Right now I have it suspended with the stem joint
under water and the single leaf sticking out of the water. It was
called a blushing pholodendron when I first had it, - just a standard heart
shaped leaf, but with a red underside and the upper surface extremely finely
beaded so it looks satiny rather than shiny. Do you have any members
that I could contact or any advice about how to save this poor little
remnant? ( rooting procedure, fertilizer, best soil type, etc) It
would be heartbreaking to me to lose it. It must be a rather
hard to grow variety, because it didn't grow much at all, whereas the
standard philodendron on the same shelf grew like crazy. Would setting
up a small terrarium for it be a good idea or would it make it
rot? Any help would be sincerely appreciated.
Carol
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