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Posted by gmgpk IL (My Page) on Sun, Oct 24, 04 at 16:27
| Hi, I have been growing these two chiritas since February and had them wicked and about 6" from my flourescent lighting. They both are blooming like crazy and have grown well. Sinesis #7 is about 21" across, and Stardust is quite large too. However, this week I noticed that the lower leaves on both of them are limp and the soil felt really wet, so I took the wicks out. Today, I noticed almost all the leaves are limp. So, I repotted both and cut all the blooms off. I did notice that the roots are all fine and the soil was really damp. Should I not have wicked them at all? Will repotting and not wicking solve my problem? Can I even wick Chiritas? I have several others that are wicked and they are doing fine. Thanks for any help. Shelley |
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RE: Chirita Sinensis #7 & Chirita Stardust questions
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- Posted by Jon_D Northern Calif. (My Page) on
Tue, Oct 26, 04 at 15:04
| I don't know what is wrong if the roots look healthy. Possibly the stem has rotted so that the leaves cannot receive moisture. See if you can somehow check the stems. In any case you should be able to root leaves to save the plants. If they are limp, cut them off with a sharp knife like a single edge razor blade, then place in a bowl of water to turge up. This can take overnight. Then plant the leaves in moist media and enclose in a ziplock. One thing you can do with the parent plant if it hasn't recovered is take it as a crown cutting, cutting it off and planting in moist perlite/vermiculite or in long fiber sphagnum moss, and enclosing in a large baggie. In either case, put it under lights, as cuttings need light in order to root. Good luck, I hope my suggestions work. I have lost chiritas that were wicked from rot. One species, eburnea, seems to be one that is susceptable to this. Jon |
RE: Chirita Sinensis #7 & Chirita Stardust questions
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| Maybe your potting mix is too heavy for wicking? You could add much more perlite to lighten it to see if they would do well with wicks. Nancy |
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