Sunasun
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It reminds me of the family dollar crap soil.
Almost mud like. Like other poster advised, you'll have to source better soil.
It reminds me of the family dollar crap soil.It has no drainage leading to severe over watering issues.
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What's not good about your soil is all the bark chunks (cheap) like you can see on the top, it has virtually no perlite to increase drainage and aeration.Could you explain whats not good about it? I have not heard of foxfarm, and yes, I wanted to stay away from ordering online its more expensive bc of weight and I wanted something more readily available locally.
I'm unsure how you discerned it has no drainage, but I assure you it does. The plant is also in a shaded area outside so the soil also drys out faster.It has no drainage leading to severe over watering issues.
when did I say the soil is soaking wet? And in each of the photos the topsoil is dry, I wait for the topsoil to be dry before watering, and when I water it's maybe a shot glass worth of water. I feel like you guys are jumping to conclusions on the watering. At this point I'm about 95% sure it got sunburned bc of me putting it in direct sunlight. It had so much sun it drooped over, and after bringing it back inside it sprung back up.Agree w/ Sunasun, overwatered. Gotta let it dry out between waterings.
I said it was wet.when did I say the soil is soaking wet? And in each of the photos the topsoil is dry, I wait for the topsoil to be dry before watering, and when I water it's maybe a shot glass worth of water. I feel like you guys are jumping to conclusions on the watering. At this point I'm about 95% sure it got sunburned bc of me putting it in direct sunlight. It had so much sun it drooped over, and after bringing it back inside it sprung back up.
ya, she's thriving checked on her again today and the first set of true leaves are even bigger, I'll post another photo after a few days so the size is really noticeable.I would give it a chance, think I see first (second) set of leaves coming
ngl, I had the impression that medium was drenched. I think it's because with Foxfarm (and actually any other dirt I've played with with recently in the yard) looks closer to brownish/coffee colored when bone dry where that looks like dry mulch or something.when did I say the soil is soaking wet? And in each of the photos the topsoil is dry, I wait for the topsoil to be dry before watering, and when I water it's maybe a shot glass worth of water. I feel like you guys are jumping to conclusions on the watering. At this point I'm about 95% sure it got sunburned bc of me putting it in direct sunlight. It had so much sun it drooped over, and after bringing it back inside it sprung back up.
Ya, I gotcha, I did find a local supplier for the fox farm stuff, I'll swap to it for the first transplant, or something similar. It's a hard pill to swallow for me to believe I need to buy expensive soil for a plant thats been growing centuries without it you know.ngl, I had the impression that medium was drenched. I think it's because with Foxfarm (and actually any other dirt I've played with with recently in the yard) looks closer to brownish/coffee colored when bone dry where that looks like dry mulch or something.
If it is dry (and I believe you), it seems to be complicating things especially when we're going off pictures and we can't touch/feel the stuff like you can. We're going to have to assume, since we can't touch it/feel it or anything and like I said up to now all the dry medium I've seen is coffee colored and normally when we see medium that dark, it really is wet because people are using normal/common medium.
I know you didn't know not to use that stuff, but this is probably another reason why you shouldn't be using it. Or maybe put in big bold letters "LOOKS WET. IT IS NOT. IT'S JUST THE STUFF I'M USING", heh.
Because I see no discernable perlite for drainage.I'm unsure how you discerned it has no drainage, but I assure you it does. The plant is also in a shaded area outside so the soil also drys out faster.
no ones fighting, appreciate your input.Because I see no discernable perlite for drainage.
And it looks like mud, that's not good no matter how you try to sugar-coat it.
Good luck, I'm not here to fight in my limited free time.
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