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health Carolina Reaper plant - whats wrong? (Need help)
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The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated... Well, maybe not that many reports, but I didnt get back as soon as I had hoped. I did try to drill a hole, but after a couple of hours and not being able to get hold of a diamond tipped drill bit I decided to try another solution.
I took some pipes (not the best looking, but I worked with what I had), drilled some holes at the bottom, paired them and put them in two corners of the pot. Im hoping they will be able to evaporate excess water from the bottom of the pot. I have no idea if it will work.
As for the pot goes, I used just a thin layer of hydrograins at the bottom of the pot (thanks Mr.West). On top of it I made a soil mix. I used a pre-mixed soil with ph 6.5. Into this I mixed bat guano, Neem powder, perlite, bone meal and a tiny amount of epsom salt.
I guess its too soon to notice any results from larger pot, new soil mix and glass-walls.
However, I do believe that after the flushing (thanks again Mr.West) the yellowing of the leaves has stopped.
The new growth looks healthy and there are a lot of buds. So far it only holds two pods and flowers keeps dropping, but I have good hopes for more pods to appear with the new pot and soil.
Ill post some pics for your viewing pleasure!
Regards
//Fredric
PS - I have no idea why some pictures appear to rotate to their own liking...
I took some pipes (not the best looking, but I worked with what I had), drilled some holes at the bottom, paired them and put them in two corners of the pot. Im hoping they will be able to evaporate excess water from the bottom of the pot. I have no idea if it will work.
As for the pot goes, I used just a thin layer of hydrograins at the bottom of the pot (thanks Mr.West). On top of it I made a soil mix. I used a pre-mixed soil with ph 6.5. Into this I mixed bat guano, Neem powder, perlite, bone meal and a tiny amount of epsom salt.
I guess its too soon to notice any results from larger pot, new soil mix and glass-walls.
However, I do believe that after the flushing (thanks again Mr.West) the yellowing of the leaves has stopped.
The new growth looks healthy and there are a lot of buds. So far it only holds two pods and flowers keeps dropping, but I have good hopes for more pods to appear with the new pot and soil.
Ill post some pics for your viewing pleasure!
Regards
//Fredric
PS - I have no idea why some pictures appear to rotate to their own liking...
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Yes, it is a bit of a gamble here, and I wouldnt do it with a regular pot, but since its glass its easy to monitor if there is any water building up at the bottom and, I might be wrong here, hope I will be able to re-pot fast enough if I see any troubling signs in the soil.
Im excited to see if the roots will grow up agains the glass or avoid going there and when/if they get to the glass and gets exposed to light - will they or the plant react to the light?
The roots looked fine when I did the transplantation. Since its below freezing (its snowing right now) and I had to pick the plant up from the previous pot outside, I tried to minimize the time spent outdoors to not kill the plant by freezing it. Because of that, I didnt take any pictures.
I will keep you posted on the development of the glass-pot-no-hole-reaper-project
Regards
//Fredric
Im excited to see if the roots will grow up agains the glass or avoid going there and when/if they get to the glass and gets exposed to light - will they or the plant react to the light?
The roots looked fine when I did the transplantation. Since its below freezing (its snowing right now) and I had to pick the plant up from the previous pot outside, I tried to minimize the time spent outdoors to not kill the plant by freezing it. Because of that, I didnt take any pictures.
I will keep you posted on the development of the glass-pot-no-hole-reaper-project
Regards
//Fredric
Roots need darkness. I know this from my friends pothead days. If roots are exposed to light for too long, they become brown and die. Holes in a bottom of a pot are a must. Soil needs to dry out in a certain amount of time, because when soil gets dry, it cracks a bit and that is when soil gets fresh oxygen. If its constantly moist or even soaking wet, roots dont get oxygen and they suffocate. Glass pots are nice to look at tho
Flash update!
Well, I got warned several times from lot's of different people about using a glass jar for my plant.
What I, and most people thought would be an issue was light, how the roots would react being exposed to light. One guess was that they would start producing chlorophyll and maybe even start growing leaves and thereby stop the transportation of water and nutrients.
Another apprehension was of the non-existing hole in the bottom of the jar (Mr.West's interesting article). My solution to this was to use a couple of pipes that would work as wents and make it possible for excess water to evaporate.
So, why did I do it anyway? Well, first of, the glass-pot looked pretty nice and second - you have to try, right?
However, last night I had to consider myself defeated. When checking in on the plant I noticed, apart from that the roots had already grown up against the glass, small patterns of grren...
Mold! Somehow I hadn't thought of it as an issue, even though in hindsight it's quite apparent it would appear pretty fast.
So, therefore I scrambled to get hold of a real pot, some more soil and made a new soilmix (Base is soil for roses, Ph 6.5, added bat guano, fine powdered Basalt, Neem powder, a hint of epsom salt and some perlite. This time I used Coco coir in the bottom of the pot. I drenched it in water and nutrients for a couple of hours.
The pot now grew to 25 liters, so I guess that if everyting works out well it will be the final pot for this reaper. After potting, I topped it of with 3 litres of Vermiculite to stop Sciarid flies. I managed to transplant it successfully, I hope, and this time I got some pictures of the roots as well.
Well see how this goes...
Regards
Fredric
Well, I got warned several times from lot's of different people about using a glass jar for my plant.
What I, and most people thought would be an issue was light, how the roots would react being exposed to light. One guess was that they would start producing chlorophyll and maybe even start growing leaves and thereby stop the transportation of water and nutrients.
Another apprehension was of the non-existing hole in the bottom of the jar (Mr.West's interesting article). My solution to this was to use a couple of pipes that would work as wents and make it possible for excess water to evaporate.
So, why did I do it anyway? Well, first of, the glass-pot looked pretty nice and second - you have to try, right?
However, last night I had to consider myself defeated. When checking in on the plant I noticed, apart from that the roots had already grown up against the glass, small patterns of grren...
Mold! Somehow I hadn't thought of it as an issue, even though in hindsight it's quite apparent it would appear pretty fast.
So, therefore I scrambled to get hold of a real pot, some more soil and made a new soilmix (Base is soil for roses, Ph 6.5, added bat guano, fine powdered Basalt, Neem powder, a hint of epsom salt and some perlite. This time I used Coco coir in the bottom of the pot. I drenched it in water and nutrients for a couple of hours.
The pot now grew to 25 liters, so I guess that if everyting works out well it will be the final pot for this reaper. After potting, I topped it of with 3 litres of Vermiculite to stop Sciarid flies. I managed to transplant it successfully, I hope, and this time I got some pictures of the roots as well.
Well see how this goes...
Regards
Fredric
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Hi everyone!
Its been a while and I just wanted to update you guys on the progress. The plant is doing great (just compare the first images in this thread with the new ones). But it doesnt produce lot of pods. My best guess, given the rapid growth (just watch that strm in the center going straight through the canopy!) is that Ive been feeding it too much nitrogen. A couple of days back Ive started to only watering it with pure water, no nutrients.
Its going into flowering again right now, so it will be interesting to see if any new pods form. The only two pods formed before are still there. They emerged from flowers on 23rd and 26th december. Thanks for all advices that has helped to keep the plant going!
Regards
//Fredric
Its been a while and I just wanted to update you guys on the progress. The plant is doing great (just compare the first images in this thread with the new ones). But it doesnt produce lot of pods. My best guess, given the rapid growth (just watch that strm in the center going straight through the canopy!) is that Ive been feeding it too much nitrogen. A couple of days back Ive started to only watering it with pure water, no nutrients.
Its going into flowering again right now, so it will be interesting to see if any new pods form. The only two pods formed before are still there. They emerged from flowers on 23rd and 26th december. Thanks for all advices that has helped to keep the plant going!
Regards
//Fredric
