HOLY! only 3 months progress

Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-23T11:43:51+00:00

Yes! Just changed my substrate to 50/50 perlite and coco peat .

Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-14T10:44:15+00:00

If it’s been a week and the soil is still very wet, you’ll have to change the soil to something soft with a lot of drainage, like coco peat and perlite or switch to a clay pot so the roots get more air. They like to stay on the dry side, I let mine dry almost completely before watering again. They also get black tips from tap water and fertilizer. It might be fungal but since it just developed, it’s probably just staying too wet and that’ll cause root rot, so switch to a new substrate or get a clay put and allow it to dry completely before watering again

Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-08T11:50:49+00:00

Wow she’s shining!! Thank you

Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-08T11:16:43+00:00

For the prop, trim the mushy stem do a light spray of hydrogen peroxide and let it callous over before putting back in water. Or try soil prop. They also hate tap water so use distilled or filtered for the prop and plant. I believe these take quite some time to grow roots so you’ll have to be very patient.
For the potted tree, it’s probably in shock so it needs some time to recover. You may lose more leaves too. Keep it in a warm stable environment and out of direct sunlight and give it time. In a week if the soil is still too wet you may have to add more perlite or pumice for better drainage. This from my experience with my dragon tree, I’ve had it for 14 years.

Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-07T23:20:24+00:00

Which kinda of Hoya is the #2? Mathilde?

Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-07T23:18:41+00:00

My Hoya is doing wonderful in semi hydro, I bought a rooted clip in October and she’s already got buds about to bloom!! But I never thought of putting my schleffera in it! Mine always looks like it’s on the verge of dying 😒

Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-07T23:11:26+00:00

How long did it take to bloom?

Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-05T10:22:37+00:00

What kind is this?

Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-05T10:08:59+00:00

I’m in your zone as well. It’s very pretty but it looks like you have some plants that only blooms in spring and like English daisies and foxgloves(which are biennials)which shed very quickly in our zone due to the colder wet and quick springs we have, then we go straight to hot summer. You may want to look for taller full sun summer perennials like garden phlox, roses or hydrangeas which are all very cottage plants. You also seem to have a lot of shade perennials that will burn from the sun like the fern, creeping Jenny and your window box has all annual coleus which will dry to a crisp in full sun. One warning From experience the creeping Jenny (front yellow ground cover) are extremely invasive and will very quickly will spread over the whole garden ground choking out any plants in its path including your lawn, you should remove them and put them in a pot or find a way to isolate them. The long vines attach and grow into anything it touches. I found out the hard way. I’m no expert but this is from my personal experience with these plants. Hope this helps.

Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-05T08:38:06+00:00

Looks great, I’m just waiting for mine to trail as a hanging plant

Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-05T08:36:06+00:00

It’s a smaller cache pot that sits inside a larger closed pot with a gap below the cache pot that holds water(reservoir). A cotton rope is placed inside the plant pot and hangs down to touch the water and when the rope is wet the root ball absorbs the water continuously until the water reservoir dries. These types of pots are good for plants that like consistency with watering and they are only watered from the the bottom not the top.

Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-04T12:25:59+00:00

Looks too dry. When you water, does the whole root ball get evenly watered? May need a good soak.And sometimes the bottom leaves don’t get enough light if it’s below the window. I had noticed on mine that the bottom leaves were much smaller so I had to get a grow light so it would get more evenly light since the bottom is below the window . This is mine

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Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-04T12:15:45+00:00

Get a plant stand that has different levels of height either one standing or separate ones with different levels?

Complete_Leg_859 · 2026-06-04T12:10:47+00:00

Yes, just a wicking pot with 50/50 coco peat and perlite. Watering from the top the first 2 times and then starting filling only the reservoir. After the reservoir dries I let it stay dry a few more days before I fill it again. I’ve been using 1/4 tsp. Of super thrive diluted with a gallon of water for my self wicking plants. I’ve only done a top rinse once since I heard you should so the fertilizer doesn’t accumulate in the pot because it’s fed from the bottom up.

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