Re: Problems after transplant to hydro from soil
When you drastically change a plants environment it needs to adapt. When you go from inside to outside and there is drastic change in sun temperature and wind often times the old leaves will die and new leaves will emerge ready for those conditions. The same goes for roots, when you change the roots from soil to hydro the roots will die and thus the symptoms of over watering / under watering. What I believe Richard was recommending is start with a pup so that it can adapt to it's environment immediately. This exact thing happens with aquarium plants. Most aquarium plants are grown in hydro because there is more co2 in the air than water. Then people buy these plants put them in their tanks and they do badly before they get better.
The key at this point is don't do much with the plant, no changes and hopefully it will survive the adaptation.
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Dwarf Cavendish -- Basjoo -- Bunch of Truly Tiny
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