Morning PC! Just what I have found. They go into 40 gallon tan pots. When the plants got large, those pots were drying back every two days during the height of the season. Way too fast for my liking. I think one of the causes with too much perlite. I’m thinking you can over perlite. here we are talking over 100 almost every day, but with less than 20% humidity. Which is their saving grace. I reuse my soil, so can’t reduce the perlite that it is in it, but can add castings, 0F, to try and reduce the concentration of it to a more acceptable level. I sure as hell won’t be adding any more of it. Lol. I as long as you keep the soil moist around here the roots stay cool. When you let it dry out then they get hot. No Bueno. So it’s kind of a balancing act. I found they seem to do better when not raised off the ground. so if your pots are drying out too fast with perlite, I would try reducing the perlite way back and get a longer and dry back between watering’s. If the soil is drying out, it is getting oxygen, perlite, or no perlite. High heat and low humidity equals some transpiring mofos! And everything stays cool. High heat and high humidity equals problems. Just like living in Alabama and trying to stay cool in the summer. Really looking forward to trying to stay cool vicariously through your weather reports and pictures of green, lush foliage! As you know, I’m no expert, so it’s fly by the seat of your pants and try different things.
right on samba! Keep heaping on the abuse! I thought maybe your toilet bowl was blue.
