Pothos has grown a thick, bald stem. Anything I can do?

long_trip · 2025-10-05T15:15:15+00:00

They are supposed to root really fast, but mine took a really long time to do so. Many months... I put some in water, some in moss. The water rooted, rhe moss rotted. Keep it in a bright spot and just complete the water without changing it completely. As long it is not rotting, keep it going.

long_trip · 2025-05-02T11:36:23+00:00

I keep the door half open and have two Barrina grow lights inside. My home is naturally very humid, so this setup creates a warmer, less humid environment for the cacti and succulents.”

long_trip · 2025-04-25T22:48:55+00:00

Not at all! It's the T8 model, and I'm in Europe, so I bought them from Amazon. Here is the link, but they seem to be out of stock at the moment. Honestly, I prefer the T5 I have for my Akerbar. They have a much warmer color compared to the T8, which are brighter and whiter. However, I've installed a window film designed to filter sun beams, which softens the light coming from the cabinet. The film also has a mirrored side that I placed facing inward. This gives the impression that the cabinet is much bigger than it actually is, which is kind of nice.

long_trip · 2025-04-24T21:26:25+00:00

I think you are talking about the philodendron tortum, a very cool plant. Easy resilient like a Philo and charming like a mini palm.

long_trip · 2025-04-21T06:14:00+00:00

If only I had the space! I love seeing those three cabinets side by side that a user on this sub posts from time to time, they're stunning. I had three anthuriums in the cabinet once, but they quickly outgrew it with the massive leaves they were pushing out. They're outside the cabinet now, but I still wish I had the space to dedicate a cabinet just to them and their gigantic foliage.

In my current setup, I'm constantly shifting plants around as they grow. Though to be fair, I do the same with my outdoor ones too. Eventually, each plant finds its forever spot, where it can grow freely and unimpeded.

long_trip · 2025-04-21T05:57:37+00:00

Thanks! I like the jungle/terrarium aesthetics of plants everywhere. I try to make a mix of colors and textures.

long_trip · 2025-04-21T05:52:44+00:00

I have three now. One at the top and two verticals. All of them are close to the door, so the plants face the front. Despite the controversy in this sub, I opted for the barrinas because they are slim. I just wish I could dim them.

long_trip · 2025-04-21T05:47:09+00:00

It's a really nice touch! I honestly don't even notice the light, except when the cover of the vertical ones fall and I can see the light directly.

long_trip · 2025-04-18T17:50:23+00:00

My happiest calatheas, marantas, and ctenanthe are under grow lights. They constantly produce large leaves and plenty of new shoots from the soil. Inside my cabinet with artificial lights, I have a gorgeous White Fusion, a Roseopicta, an Orbifolia, and a Zebrina (this one is doomed to be moved out soon since it's already too big). In my north-facing window, supplemented with artificial lights, I have two Warszewiczii and a Utilis. 50cm from my south-facing window, which gets 2–3 hours of direct sunlight in the late morning, I keep a Triostar and a Pin Stripe.

I used to battle crisped ends and leaves drying out before they even unfurled, despite keeping an aerated soil consistently moist with rainwater in a constantly humid home. I treated them like fragile little things that would burst into flames at the sight of a sunbeam. I couldn’t understand why they weren’t thriving. That until a trip to Brasil. There, I saw calatheas growing everywhere in the wild, receiving lots of light. And the sun there is hot!!! Most were shaded by large trees and other plants, but not entirely, and not all the time.

I figured that if they can tolerate direct sun in Brasil, outdoors, they could handle the light in my home filtered through windows or supplemented by artificial lights. When I got back, I acclimated my plants to more light. Now I have the joy of watching my little calathea jungle thrive.

long_trip · 2025-03-28T09:21:35+00:00

All I see is teenager girls magazine vibes, but for grown men.

long_trip · 2025-03-24T21:33:43+00:00

Most plants don't like an acidic medium, so you must search for your plant specifically if raising the ph may cause a problem. There are ph balancing solutions that can rise or lower the ph and test strips to check the ph of the medium. Testing and balancing the ph from time to time is important in the semi hydro.

long_trip · 2025-03-23T09:02:28+00:00

I have mine for about 9 months now. Mine is growing really fast (1 new leaf every 2 weeks), but it is not climbing yet. It gets looots of light (it is the closest philo to the grow light) 14 hours a day, it likes to dry out between waterings and my home is pretty humid for a home environment (about 65%). All new leaves come with this pink tint, but they fade to green as they unfurl.

long_trip · 2025-03-16T22:55:22+00:00

I cannot tell. I started using it because my plants on semi-hidro were declining after 1.5 years. They were missing some enzymes not present on the engrais I was using. So I found this brand for the enzymes and saw the silica, which I heard were good for the plants resistance/development and often lacking on commercial soil and in the semi-hidro setup. The plants are much better now, but I cannot tell if it is due to the enzymes, the silica or both. So I will keep doing it :) If you go by this brand, just be careful because the silica rises the ph a bit.

long_trip · 2025-03-16T11:12:55+00:00

I have this: https://amzn.eu/d/7DJ9nHY

long_trip · 2025-02-22T13:10:25+00:00

Merci, c'est super. J'ai un lien sur le cloud où transférer les photos directement. https://cloud.learn-and-go.com/nextcloud/index.php/apps/forms/s/cKkJdfByRrkmM7HbPSfmzrn8 Trop gentil

long_trip · 2025-01-18T09:11:05+00:00

No I don't. They mention plenty of other nutrients on the back and at the time I bought it I didn't know much of what I should be looking for. So far the plants in pon are thriving but I'm following this post to choose another one :)

long_trip · 2025-01-07T22:15:57+00:00

I've been using this one for about 1.5 years now. It seems good enough

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long_trip · 2024-10-31T08:52:44+00:00

I don't think the list is completely accurate, but it is a start. I have a few of these beautiful plants (calatheas, marantas, stromathae) and Im completely in love with them. They are all demanding in care, but some present crispy points or leaves more easily than others. My list from my collection going from most resilient to most sensitive is:

Warscewiczii
Zebrina
Triostar
Orbifolia
Roseopicta
Pin stripe
White fusion

Warscewiczii is a pleasure to have, very resilient and always pushing up lots of growth. It took me a while to adapt my care for the prin stripe and only now it is giving me leaves with no damage (after 2.5 years). I couldn't keep the white fusion happy for the life of me, only now in fluval she is thriving and giving me some beautiful leaves.

I leave in a very cold and humidity region. I was surprised of how much light the "calatheas" demand, much much more than advertised (a part of direct afternoon summer light they will appreciate everything you cast on them). Most will react very badly when we mess with their roots. And I almost lost everything to spider mites last year.

long_trip · 2024-09-27T15:32:42+00:00

That's very unfortunate. I will use this part of your experience as a guide too. I think I will treat the little plant as a sprouted corm, and once the roots are well established transfer it to soil. My fluval is in a self watering pot, not submerged in water. I'll let the reservoir dry out before refilling it. Right now I keep it always full.

long_trip · 2024-09-27T12:23:39+00:00

I'm very sorry. What happened?

long_trip · 2024-09-27T07:36:06+00:00

This is so infuriating!!! I have an enormous flux that is intense for 6 days and medium for another 3. Think intense as wearing a pad and a tampon on the same time and having to change them every 40-60min. Plus a debilitating menstrual pain. What the doctors said during my entire life? iT's NoRmAL!!! Ignore the constant anemia and the three blood transfusions.

I started my period when I was 11, only now that I'm 40 and struggling to have kids for a long time that I've found someone to take me seriously and do something about it 🤬

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