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Early March New Gardeners Thread (beehaw.org)

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Are you starting on your gardening journey this year? Maybe branching out to some new-to-you plants? Trying out a new style of gardening?

Share your questions! Share your plans! How can we help you grow something wonderful? What do you wish you knew more about?

And remember, if you don't need this thread then this thread needs you!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Indoor gardening is still gardening so it certainly counts! How long has your aloe been in the same pot? For indoor plants I like to either up-size the pot or prune roots and repot periodically. It helps to keep them from becoming root bound and strangling themselves - not saying that's the problem but it could be a factor. If it were water stress I think you'd probably be seeing signs on more than just the center.

For your hyacinths, try top dressing them with additional soil or mulch to start. Sometimes it's the planting depth that is impacting whether they fall over. If you're feeling froggy, you could consider testing your soil, particularly for potassium and calcium. Calcium is used in building the cell walls and the potassium helps to regulate how firm/turgid the plants are. Boron plays a role too but it's a trace element and not a home test I've seen much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I actually had some issues with root rot previously, but those cleared up. however, because of that, I moved it into a smaller pot (a friend actually told me to, and advocated for a cut in half water bottle when I said I didn't have anything else smaller) and while it did okay for a bit, now it has the browning center. I tried giving it some more sun like someone said I should, but that didn't help.

I can certainly try to repot it, I have some soil leftover from when I went to a greenhouse, same place I got my haworthia. and thank you for the tip on the hyacinth!