I recieved my Sharry Baby a few weeks ago.It looks to be in great shape.I have just become an orchid grower and need info on a few things.Help me,please!I haven't changed the container or growing medium.Should I replant the plant into-?My plant has these pod like thins at the bottom.What are they? Anything that helps,please let me know.I want flowers like ya'll tell about. I recieved my Sharry Baby a few weeks ago.It looks to be in great shape.I have just become an orchid grower and need info on a few things.Help me,please!I haven't changed the container or... » Read More I recieved my Sharry Baby a few weeks ago.It looks to be in great shape.I have just become an orchid grower and need info on a few things.Help me,please!I haven't changed the container or growing medium.Should I replant the plant into-?My plant has these pod like thins at the bottom.What are they? Anything that helps,please let me know.I want flowers like ya'll tell about. « Show Less
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Yes I replanted my plant into a orchid container(clay pot with slits) with orchid bark media and I use a saucer filled with stones and keep water in the saucer. I use a orchid fertilizer and prepare a weak solution. Had great blossoms last winter. Hope this helps you.
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I dont know if I can be much help. I just purchased my bamboo 2-3months ago too. So far my bamboo hasnt gotten any taller, but has just started to spread. Im not a bamboo expert and this is my first attempt at growing bamboo. I dug my hole approx. 4ft wide and 1ft in depth(2 plants). I used a garden and tree shrub composite to plant and fill in the hole. Ive watered my plants frequently and used my yard clippings to cover the exposed dirt. Ive read that once established it should start to spread rapidly and grow taller year to year each spring. Not sure how accurate that is, since its my first year.Hope this helps. I dont know if I can be much help. I just purchased my bamboo 2-3months ago too. So far my bamboo hasnt gotten any taller, but has just started to spread. Im not a bamboo expert and this is my first attempt at growing bamboo. I dug my hole approx. 4ft wide and 1ft in depth(2 plants). I used a garden and tree shrub composite to plant and fill in the hole. Ive watered my plants frequently and used my yard clippings to cover the exposed dirt. Ive read that once established it should start to spread rapidly and grow taller year to year each spring. Not sure how accurate that... » Read More I dont know if I can be much help. I just purchased my bamboo 2-3months ago too. So far my bamboo hasnt gotten any taller, but has just started to spread. Im not a bamboo expert and this is my first attempt at growing bamboo. I dug my hole approx. 4ft wide and 1ft in depth(2 plants). I used a garden and tree shrub composite to plant and fill in the hole. Ive watered my plants frequently and used my yard clippings to cover the exposed dirt. Ive read that once established it should start to spread rapidly and grow taller year to year each spring. Not sure how accurate that is, since its my first year.Hope this helps. « Show Less
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The first time I asked those questions I was told to expect to kill a couple before you succeed. I have killed a few. What I have found that works with mine is; 1. Fertilize once a month 2. Water when dry (once a week for me) and when you water them put them in the sink to let them soak for 15 mins. Drain them and pit them into a decorative pot. 3. Do not repot them, their roots like to be in tight places. If you can find a decorative pot with a ridge inside that will hold your roots off of the bottom of the decorative pot, they like that. 4. Do not let the leaves get wet & stay wet, wipe them off 5. To force them to bloom, put them in a cool (no cooler than 60degrees) over night until they bloom. During the cooler momths I put mine on the back porch, if it rains they go in the garage. 6. When the blooms die off cut the stem to the bulb. You will have some of the roots come up to the top of your pot, that is fine. When you water your plant make sure you water those roots too. 7. Enjoy ;-)
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I doubled all my early weeks of their grow schedule to fit my time frame for what I was growing. (their chart is not very helpful) I did what made sense for me. I made up my own feeding chart in an excel spreadsheet and went from there. I feed once, then water once and repeat, I am growing in coir. Hope this info helps.....
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My papaya dwarf has just been moved out of the house after a winter hibernation, eventhough it is not as crazy cold as the northern states. However, it is taking shape after I transplanted it to a 3 gal pot & added a little fertilizer. Looks green and healthy, but I think it will need another good year of catching up with the growth. Yours may need some good potting soil with some sunlight.
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I bought from the same vendor, but I am not the seller. Most of mine died early on, but prob bc I planted too deep around the roots. I read that if you pluck the flowers during first fruiting, the next harvest will be exponentially fuller. Good luck!
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The cultiver of this is the tubers on the roots. When you harvest them, you will leave some of the smaller ones in the ground for the next years crop. Mine did not have a tremendous amount of flowers on them and I read that if you cut the flowers off, then the tubers will be larger as the nutrients go to them instead of the flowers. I did not get but about 10 plants off of 4.5 pounds of the tubers that I bought so I was disappointed in that, but the ten plants I did have produced enough tubers to make my artichoke relish that we love.
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Potted mine too in about 3ft dia pot and it was outside over last summer and took well. I live on coast in VA. But then we had a bad rain storm and I didn't get it drained well enough and think root rot set in. It's been in house all winter and I mist it regularly but not sure it's surviving. If it's still seems viable when whether warms I think I should dig up and put rocks in bottom for drainage (there were holes in pot but I'd set it in a pan in house just after bad rain and didn't realize pan was full as I kept watering....stupid!) anyway, my thumb is green with 'easy' house plants and this poor guy (we named him Larry) has kept me in turmoil. I read it's fine to pot but not sure where I went wrong exactly. Hope this helps and I'd love any advice from anyone else!
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Hi, mine are thriving and all I do is once a month change the water and rinse the roots, they need light but not full sunlight. They seem to do great with just a little plant fetilizer in their water, just a little tho. Maybe once a month or so. If you forget, it doesnt seem to bother them. Enjoy them, I do, they are so pretty when they get tall and bush out.
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p.s. my tillandsia has only fully bloomed once so dont buy it thinking its going to be red all the time.. by it because it beautiful and an air plant that is unique. Check out "planet tillandsia" on facebook. Tilly colkecting can become habit forming! :-)
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I waited until mine died down in the fall after it flowered and dug some up. Some were big and some little. I had to dig down a bit to get to them. I figure next year they will be bigger. I left most in the ground to grow back. I dug some up in the spring and they were bigger.The ones planted directly in the ground did better than the ones I grew in containers. Hope this helps.
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I would send it back. My Shalimar, although I agree it does not smell like it did years ago, does smell like perfume. Mine did not have any insect repellant scent. Something isn't right.
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sprinkling on the surface wont do much. spores need to make contact with root tips. Suggestion: depending on the plant and how delicate it is to disruption i would try to dig around its root perimeter, incorporate it into the soil (the depth should match about the height of the plant), then replace soil without packing too hard and water. Or if its in a pot, transplant it into a bigger pot and shake out roots before transfer. Mix it into the new soil and the symbiosis should take hold pretty quickly. Approx 1 week
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I'm sorry I can't answer these questions b/c I have not yet used any of the seeds, in part b/c there were no basic instructions as to how to grow (how deep to plant, etc.) Try cutting it back, most of pants will grow back. Sorry.
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I don't have any flowers yet but all the leaves are turning red and falling off. I think I have some buds. I have several very short leaveless branches and two very tall shoots and all of these are just about leaveless now. They are advertised to grow good in a sun room or room with lots of light and that is where I have mine. I have tried to get info back from the company as to the condition of my plant and even sent some pics but no response from them as yet. I got mine July 2013 and I sure expected it to look a lot better than it does now. I am concerned that it is dying. Hope you have better luck than I am having!! I don't have any flowers yet but all the leaves are turning red and falling off. I think I have some buds. I have several very short leaveless branches and two very tall shoots and all of these are just about leaveless now. They are advertised to grow good in a sun room or room with lots of light and that is where I have mine. I have tried to get info back from the company as to the condition of my plant and even sent some pics but no response from them as yet. I got mine July 2013 and I sure expected it to look a lot better than it does now. I am concerned that it is dying. Hope you have... » Read More I don't have any flowers yet but all the leaves are turning red and falling off. I think I have some buds. I have several very short leaveless branches and two very tall shoots and all of these are just about leaveless now. They are advertised to grow good in a sun room or room with lots of light and that is where I have mine. I have tried to get info back from the company as to the condition of my plant and even sent some pics but no response from them as yet. I got mine July 2013 and I sure expected it to look a lot better than it does now. I am concerned that it is dying. Hope you have better luck than I am having!! « Show Less
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Charles it is a tediously slow growing plant. I ordered 2 plants. One came in march, and we had it indoors till it got warmer in Arizona. I ordered a 2nd one because the first was taking so long to sprout a new leaf. That one was healthier looking when it arrived. We took both out in May.. when it got to be hot outdoors. They have been growing beautifully since. Adding miricle grow helped. Good luck!
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I water mine at least twice a week. I'm no expert, but I believe the same rule applies as with most plants . . . don't wanter too much, but don't water too little either. Mine was BEAUTIFUL for awhile, but then I think it began to go dormant. I picked off most of the dead/brown growth and started the process over again with one small clump. I believe I read somewhere that this is the natural process of the air plant and, if it survives, more sprouts will eventually occur. I'm no expert on this by any means. I may end up throwing out what little I have left and switching over to a jade plant as an alternative option! I water mine at least twice a week. I'm no expert, but I believe the same rule applies as with most plants . . . don't wanter too much, but don't water too little either. Mine was BEAUTIFUL for awhile, but then I think it began to go dormant. I picked off most of the dead/brown growth and started the process over again with one small clump. I believe I read somewhere that this is the natural process of the air plant and, if it survives, more sprouts will eventually occur. I'm no expert on this by any means. I may end up throwing out what little I have left and switching over to a jade plant... » Read More I water mine at least twice a week. I'm no expert, but I believe the same rule applies as with most plants . . . don't wanter too much, but don't water too little either. Mine was BEAUTIFUL for awhile, but then I think it began to go dormant. I picked off most of the dead/brown growth and started the process over again with one small clump. I believe I read somewhere that this is the natural process of the air plant and, if it survives, more sprouts will eventually occur. I'm no expert on this by any means. I may end up throwing out what little I have left and switching over to a jade plant as an alternative option! « Show Less