Greetings, (my photo past albums about pinky are my reference for this thread)
I seek knowledge about plant survival and proper choices to make.
As you know, Pinky has been sick from since i got her and she 's such a fighter.
she is a 2month female cutling that was given to me about a month ago i had some seeds so i gave her some friends to chill with.
problem 1) budget=none
problem 2) no experience
problem 3)spider mites
I was advised to use neem but i could not afford it so i made a dish soap based solution that showed good results immediately.
but every 4 or 5 days i would notice a new web thread beginning to spawn and have to start over. I also noticed her root system was poor.
I got fed up and trans potted her into a completely new medium. at that time her roots weren't even out of her jiffy yet. I cut it open and planted her.
she immediately responded to the fresh water, nutes, everything. made a bunch of new spuds and than new signs of spider development.
so i put her on my stove top to keep her close to the light (i added tin foil to reflect the light downwards). Today will be the 5th day under the stove light.
every day, once a day, once at night, i spray her with soap and i do the same to her with water at half time. I cut up all the yellow and all the hungry leaves them too.
I can't afford to keep her under the light with the others until i know 100% sure that it is safe. i am lucky the seedlings never got infected.
This is Pinky now:
pinky 0402_01a.jpg
She is asking for a bigger pot now. Her roots are trying to crack the ice cream container. Her leaves are not as nice as I hope for them to be but they have not deteriorated either.
My concern here is that for sure she don't get the same light she should be getting so that would be my first question.
And that I can't tell if she is cured. How will i know 100% that she is cured and/or how long do i keep her on the stove ? that will be question 2.
Question 3, I also want to know if she should need a new pot right away or to wait some more.
And that's it.
I seek knowledge about plant survival and proper choices to make.
As you know, Pinky has been sick from since i got her and she 's such a fighter.
she is a 2month female cutling that was given to me about a month ago i had some seeds so i gave her some friends to chill with.
problem 1) budget=none
problem 2) no experience
problem 3)spider mites
I was advised to use neem but i could not afford it so i made a dish soap based solution that showed good results immediately.
but every 4 or 5 days i would notice a new web thread beginning to spawn and have to start over. I also noticed her root system was poor.
I got fed up and trans potted her into a completely new medium. at that time her roots weren't even out of her jiffy yet. I cut it open and planted her.
she immediately responded to the fresh water, nutes, everything. made a bunch of new spuds and than new signs of spider development.
so i put her on my stove top to keep her close to the light (i added tin foil to reflect the light downwards). Today will be the 5th day under the stove light.
every day, once a day, once at night, i spray her with soap and i do the same to her with water at half time. I cut up all the yellow and all the hungry leaves them too.
I can't afford to keep her under the light with the others until i know 100% sure that it is safe. i am lucky the seedlings never got infected.
This is Pinky now:
pinky 0402_01a.jpg
She is asking for a bigger pot now. Her roots are trying to crack the ice cream container. Her leaves are not as nice as I hope for them to be but they have not deteriorated either.
My concern here is that for sure she don't get the same light she should be getting so that would be my first question.
And that I can't tell if she is cured. How will i know 100% that she is cured and/or how long do i keep her on the stove ? that will be question 2.
Question 3, I also want to know if she should need a new pot right away or to wait some more.
And that's it.
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