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Old 12-30-2017, 09:26 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Tytaylor77 View Post
I would say for any small TC or Corm:

- 1st always be very careful transplanting not to disturb the rootball. Especially a TC plant.

- 2nd use a potting mix with 30-50% perlite! It’s a must! Most important part to me!

- 3rd water throughly once per 7-10 days for the first 2 weeks of a TC plant or until you see active growth on a small corm.

- 4th misting plain water and water with plain fertilizer. I would never fertilize for at least the first month.

- 5th keep out of any direct sun. Slowly add sun after you get some new growth. (Couple weeks growth) After they are a month or so old i also use the lawn chair method! Have always used it!!

Careful with some variegated plants like AEAE have major trouble with sun until they get a few feet tall.

That’s the advice i give and use. I have grown lots of TC plantlets straight out of test tubes.
Thanks,

When should I start misting with fertilizer and what strength fertilizer? My 2 Blue Javas took a setback as I think they weren't ready for the amount of sun they got as I took advice from someone on another thread, that they'd be ready for full sun after only 2 weeks which was bad information. They both only have 1 leaf left on the plants and those leaves are 90% dead, but have a new leaf forming. Hopefully they don't die but they are back inside my lanai and glad I brought them back before they died.

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