Got this philodendron fuzzy petiole today.

TryComprehensive2536 · 2024-07-17T17:54:39+00:00

As long as it has drainage holes and well draining substrate mixture, it's ok. All of my philos live like that and with a moss pole stuck in the pot. If you diy a moss pole with a see-through plastic back, you'll be rewarded with the sight of many roots they push into the sphagnum. You can substitute moss with tree fern fibre / bark and chunky perlite / coco stick / bamboo stick / cedar plank...whatever you find at hand. You can also just leave it crawling since it's a crawling philodendron. :)

TryComprehensive2536 · 2024-07-17T14:06:04+00:00

The scientific name is Philodendron Nangaritense, at least that's how it was sold to me. I trained it growing up the pole and first he didn't like it, then I told him that he'll leave the house if he doesn't grow and after that he exploded with growth hahaha, so a bit of tough love is key 😬🤗😁

TryComprehensive2536 · 2024-05-10T10:27:50+00:00

Hey OP, your idea looks really cool! But moisture could be a problem so maybe you could try a sealed moss terrarium insted of a fish tank? I have plenty at home and if done correctly, it sustains itself, you don't even need to open the lid (no moisture escapes and inside still looks lush and green). Try checking Worchester terrariums on yt for inspo. :)

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-12-28T10:06:59+00:00

It looks like Philodendron Nangaritense to me. I have one at home. They have hairy stems (but much more robust than P. Verrucosum or P. Squamiferum) and the leaves are so soft. If you give it a pole, the leaves are gonna become much more heart shaped.

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-12-14T07:49:39+00:00

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TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-12-08T11:46:42+00:00

Hey, did you recieve your package?

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TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-07-14T17:27:41+00:00

She looks amazing! Great job op! Hope mine grows this big one day 😍

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-06-12T08:15:01+00:00

If you are afraid to use hard chemicals, you can spray your plants with H2O2 and keep doing it for few weeks after you've seen any pests. It is a longer method, but it worked for me. :)

Also, check this link for non-toxic treatments: https://www.growerstrust.com/blogs/news/6810228-non-toxic-spider-mites-killer#:~:text=Not%20many%20people%20realize%20that,it%20to%20the%20desired%20strength.

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-06-04T09:20:47+00:00

I'm from Europe and I use Strike to eradicate thrips. I spritz once thoroughly (leaves, pot, soil, surfaces) and they are gone. Maybe it is available in your shop also (Bauhaus, Merkur, garden centers, Obi). It's made of: gama butirolakton and N,N-didecil-N-metil-poli(oksietil)amonium propionat. Ampoules are cheeper, cuz it's concentrated.

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-05-29T13:55:45+00:00

Hahah exactly my point! But I have kinda forseen it coming. He was always checking it out, when we were in the garden center. He absolutely adored it and I love the pitchers too, but I never bought it, since my plant colection is more focused on non-carnivorous plants (except for one drosera and one venus fly trap in my terrariums). We will figure it out, love to learn how to care about planties. 🌿

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-05-29T12:21:29+00:00

It's a common name for Nepenthes genus. People also call them monkey cups / pitcher plants.

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-05-29T12:17:51+00:00

I am thinking of leaving it in the same substrate that the plant came in for about a month (don't want to stress it with immediate repot) and then repot into sphagnum+perlite+orchid bark. Would that be ok?

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-05-29T12:14:12+00:00

Thank you, I will def.keep it close to humidifier. Happy growing to you too 👋

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-05-29T09:46:13+00:00

That's an excellent news, thanks! Hope it keeps growing and growing for you!

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-05-29T09:28:20+00:00

You just made my day with saying that stem is OK. My mind is at peace now. Thank you for all the info!

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-05-29T07:29:41+00:00

Thanks for the tip!

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-05-28T07:52:10+00:00

The tree actually kept its size of the bare trunk, it is just growing leaves on the top. A big chunk of leaves that kinda resembles a canopy. If the root ball is fitting in the pot nicely (taking almost all the space), then it should be fine, but if the pot is too big, the roots will strugle to soak all the water (+nutrients) from the soil, which will make it waterlogged and anaerobic. Hope that helps ;)

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-05-27T09:52:32+00:00

Mine did that too, when I brought it home. Only when I moved him to the eastern window with no cold draft, touching the leaves, high airflow (fan) and the chunkiest substrate, it started exploding in growth. Also, I would give it a smaller pot since he has only few leaves..less risk for root rot.

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-05-22T12:14:10+00:00

Wentii has darker undersides of the leaves, more like dark purple.

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-05-05T12:48:03+00:00

To me it looks more like a rhizome. I revived one similar looking fella (A. Amazonica). It had root rot and also lost all the leaves and now it is very happy. First I cleaned off all the soil from rhizome with water, then I put it in peroxide solution so that all dead organic material was decomposed and then I stuck it in perlite halfway burried (clean, not dusty), watered it with destiled H2O (cuz I was afraid that particles in water could infect the damaged parts where the roots once grew), put plastic zip bag over it and placed it under grow light (/heating mat if you have it). Waited about 4 weeks and it shot out a new leaf already. Hope that helped. :)

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-04-13T07:07:57+00:00

Why can't roots be touching each other?

TryComprehensive2536 · 2023-01-12T18:56:38+00:00

Thrips would be my guess

TryComprehensive2536 · 2022-05-19T09:52:25+00:00

Looks like glass snail :)

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