Light, Sun if you have it, and Fish emulsion. I lost 4 out of 50 this year and some of those were probably affected by cat urine.
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plant-care Breaking dormancy in overwintered plants
- Thread starter RedtailForester
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Total loss 
All three wild chiltepins are dead. I finally gave up on them.
All three wild chiltepins are dead. I finally gave up on them.
epsom salt. i had a few stunted seedlings last year and that was the only way I could break them out of their stunted state.
Sorry to hear that, RTF.
Mine have also taken a turn for the worse. Trying to figure out what went wrong. My mis-treaments included extended cold weather, crappy medium, too much time release fert in the medium, long term effect of fungus gnats. The root structure was really poor. Have repotted into some ProMix and worm casting and cut back, stems still green. One more chance I hope.
Mine have also taken a turn for the worse. Trying to figure out what went wrong. My mis-treaments included extended cold weather, crappy medium, too much time release fert in the medium, long term effect of fungus gnats. The root structure was really poor. Have repotted into some ProMix and worm casting and cut back, stems still green. One more chance I hope.
I think the area I had them over the winter was either too cold and /or too dark. The semi-dormant stage just went to plain old dead
Lost 1 peter from overwintering. I'm thinking it was a little too trimmed back and it gave up the ghost when I repotted it in some fresh soil.
I think the area I had them over the winter was either too cold and /or too dark. The semi-dormant stage just went to plain old dead
Same here. I think mine are dead too. I just don't have any room in windows or under lights. I basically just left mine in my cold dark basement all winter and neglected them. The few leaves they had were pale green and almost yellow until they just shriveled up and died. Everything I read said to basically leave them alone and make sure they're not completely bone dry. Well, there must be more to it than that. Maybe the Minnesota winter is just too long to let them sit dormant without decent light and heat. Oh well, I still have more young ones than I know what to do with, so It could be worse I guess...
Hope your season is a good one otherwise Dan!