Hi,
I recently started to grow plants, beginning with an Aechmea bromeliad. It's a hybrid cultivar called "haiku". Since I got it, it has grown a little more roots, and a few leaves.
I made some mistakes with it like putting an osmocote granule into its cup for a few months. only recently have i rinsed it out of there due to reading that it was bad!
I have some concerns - 1st the leaf tips on the older leaves are getting necrotic/brown/scorched/dry. i don't know how to describe it. 2nd the older leaves are quickly drying out and dying, so i have been cutting them off. idk where to cut, am i doing the right thing? 3rd i don't know how much to water it - i always keep distilled water in it's central cup, mist it whenever i remember, and i watered the pot like a month ago and the soil is still moist? that strikes me as odd, shouldn't it dry out? or is water escaping the cup and running down into the soil? 4th is fertilizing, since now i can't keep the fert granule in the cup, i put about 4-5 of the little granules in the pot around the plant. is that enough? Soil is mixed from 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 perlite, and 1/3 orchid bark. seems to work.
Lastly the plant has been growing on a window sill that get nice full sun for a few hours a day in the summer. but now that it's cold and fall season is starting, I moved all of my indoor plants that were outside in doors, and placed them under one 20W LED fixture (a fixture that was previously on a planted aquarium). one of the plants is a hibiscus bush, and i placed the bromeliad in the branches so that i could get the light from the fixture. there is also some light from the windows, but it's not on a windowsill so it much less than before. Is the lighting ok? how can i tell?
I'll post some pics of the plant shortly to explain what i mean.
I also got a Guzmania hybrid from Home Depot 3 months ago! I'll get a pic of that too. that one has it's own set of problems and concerns.
Any help is greatly appreciated! sorry for the essay
I recently started to grow plants, beginning with an Aechmea bromeliad. It's a hybrid cultivar called "haiku". Since I got it, it has grown a little more roots, and a few leaves.
I made some mistakes with it like putting an osmocote granule into its cup for a few months. only recently have i rinsed it out of there due to reading that it was bad!
I have some concerns - 1st the leaf tips on the older leaves are getting necrotic/brown/scorched/dry. i don't know how to describe it. 2nd the older leaves are quickly drying out and dying, so i have been cutting them off. idk where to cut, am i doing the right thing? 3rd i don't know how much to water it - i always keep distilled water in it's central cup, mist it whenever i remember, and i watered the pot like a month ago and the soil is still moist? that strikes me as odd, shouldn't it dry out? or is water escaping the cup and running down into the soil? 4th is fertilizing, since now i can't keep the fert granule in the cup, i put about 4-5 of the little granules in the pot around the plant. is that enough? Soil is mixed from 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 perlite, and 1/3 orchid bark. seems to work.
Lastly the plant has been growing on a window sill that get nice full sun for a few hours a day in the summer. but now that it's cold and fall season is starting, I moved all of my indoor plants that were outside in doors, and placed them under one 20W LED fixture (a fixture that was previously on a planted aquarium). one of the plants is a hibiscus bush, and i placed the bromeliad in the branches so that i could get the light from the fixture. there is also some light from the windows, but it's not on a windowsill so it much less than before. Is the lighting ok? how can i tell?
I'll post some pics of the plant shortly to explain what i mean.
I also got a Guzmania hybrid from Home Depot 3 months ago! I'll get a pic of that too. that one has it's own set of problems and concerns.
Any help is greatly appreciated! sorry for the essay