Not hard at all! I got some of those seedling trays that come with the lid that allows for easy bottom watering and basically just watered once every week or two. Kept it under a grow light for 12 hours a day and had a heating pad under it set to 22° C (it was in the basement so I didn’t want it getting too cold). Now I just water it once a week and let it do its thing! It seems to really like the bonsai mix.
This will be my struggle in a year or two. I’m planning on moving a couple provinces over so I’ll need to come up with a way to move them. Probably end up taking a bunch of cuttings instead.
Damn I’m surprised someone was able to decipher that lol.
I’m just hoping it’s not another 12 years for the next one.
Ooo I didn’t know this was getting a new season, fun! Definitely will be going on my watch list.
I ran the pic through Planta which says it could be a common fig, or ficus carica. I think it looks pretty similar, could be that.
They stopped issuing cards and just print it on a full 8.5"x11" piece of paper now actually lol.
Definitely spider mites, I’ve gotten rid of them by giving them a good spray down with my shower head, wiping all the leaves with damp paper towel, and then dousing the plant in miticide (i used safer’s end all, it comes in a yellow bottle). I did 3 separate treatments 3 days apart. and then kept them quarantined for a month to make sure i got em all. I managed to get rid of the mites on most of my infested plants except for my parlor palm which i ended up throwing out. There’s other, more environmentally friendly options you can google but that’s what worked for me.
Make sure you get all the nooks and crannies, including the underside of the leaves, stems, and the top of the soil. Those buggers are prolific and if you miss some then they come back quickly.
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Thank you for the recommendation! I’ve definitely considered carnivorous plants. Actually I ended up throwing all my plants in water last month (except for some succulents which weren’t part of the problem) to convert all of my plants to a semi-hydro system instead. I haven’t seen a fungus gnat since! Once it warms up outside and I can rinse off the substrate with a hoze I’ll be potting them up in a soilless mix.
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I’m with you on the houseplants, starting to branch out (lol) into hoyas now.
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Thank you! I just gathered them for the photo but they normally hang out on shelves with grow lights or spread out by the windows :)
I could try that, I think I’ll try the sand tip first to see if that helps before repotting everything (been trying to avoid that since it’s such a huge undertaking at this point). I only have the one fern, I have a bunch of epiphytes (a bunch of pothos, couple hoyas, a small monstera, etc.), no ficuses. I was considering switching my alocasias to leca but was intimidated by the change in care, I’ll have to do some reading up on it.
Would watering for clay basically be the same as soil? water when dry?
I was considering sundews and was actually just checking for some at my local nursery but only saw venus fly traps and pitcher plants. I also don’t know if I’d be able to keep a sundew alive, how have you found the care for them? I’d say I’m still intermediate with skill level, I only started keeping more than 1 plant in April (up to ~50ish now but most were cuttings from friends so they’re all still fairly small)
I’ll give it a shot! How thick of a layer? Like a cm or 2?
I will!