I ordered and received the plant a few days ago. I put it in a pot with potting soil. the leaves are drying up and turning brownish. I give sun till about 3pm then move it. after it initial planting I watered. I have misted since. its been about 4 days. should I water? I ordered and received the plant a few days ago. I put it in a pot with potting soil. the leaves are drying up and turning brownish. I give sun till about 3pm then move it. after it initial... » Read More I ordered and received the plant a few days ago. I put it in a pot with potting soil. the leaves are drying up and turning brownish. I give sun till about 3pm then move it. after it initial planting I watered. I have misted since. its been about 4 days. should I water? « Show Less
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I have grown the same species for several months outside in pots in the New Orleans area. I think that you may need to water it more often. Bananas need a lot of sun and moist, well drained soil. I hope that you have holes in the bottom of your pot. In the past, I grew Cavendish bananas. They grew faster but are less cold hardy. Good Luck!
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Watch your soil. Conventional potting soil retains too much moisture and dries out harder than a rock. I bought my plant in March and have had it under lights until a couple weeks ago when I put it outside. It's doing fine. I make my own potting soil. 1 part milled peat, one part vermiculite and one part perilite.
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It seems that they like a lot of sun, water, and good drainage. Sounds like it needs more water, but be sure it drains very well. Good luck!
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We live in Las Vegas and gave it about half sun for the day and they still baked and died quickly :-( I would say lots of water and less sun, maybe yours will survive better than ours.
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Allison, contact Joel immediately. Use only distilled water, not spring water, not tap water and water it in a saucer. Fill it up about 1/3 of the way. That being said, did you check your email? Joel sent a detailed email before our plant arrived. I contacted him a few times and he was extremely helpful and fast to respond. Here's his email address: JoelsCarnivorousPlants - Amazon Marketplace lk5mjrd052j6cyv@marketplace.amazon.com I cut and pasted his directions in the initial email below: I will be shipping your order to you Saturday. Look for it to arrive in your mail beginning this Monday. If you have cold weather forecast for the next few days please be careful to take your order indoors soon after it arrives and not to leave it in a mailbox outside overnight if you receive your mail in a receptacle that is outside so that your plant will not be damaged/killed by frost. If your plants are damaged by frost anyways in spite of my best efforts at timing the shipping for your order please let me know asap. If it is below freezing where you are at your order may come with a heat pack. The heat pack is a white bag with red line on it. This heat pack is not part of the potting soil. Please be careful to NOT mix it in with your moss that your plant arrives with. If you are purchasing this as a gift it will be important to pot it up right after it arrives rather than leaving it in the box it came in for a while. If you purchased more than one plant they may be wrapped together. If you have any problems with your plant(s) or its shipping please feel free to contact me. I'm here to help. If you like what you see when your order arrives you can see more Carnivorous Plants that I have for sale here.--&gt;
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hard to say i had same issue when i was remiss this winter on water when i was in hospoital.. but i am getting some new leaves .. i gave it a good watering then gave fertilizer and it seems slowly to be reviving . b8ut i nev3r lost all leaves..
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i've had mine for about a year now and they're almost all doing well and multiplying and blossoming. but i've had a couple that died because i watered them too much - they turned very dark brown. i also had one that was part of a large cluster that died from not getting enough water. it turned pale beige and brittle. mine are inside in a sunny window and i spray them about once a week - that's all the water they get. i'd keep trying because they're really nice once you get them going and they crop up more so you don't have to buy them. hope this helps.
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The directions for this class of plant always say to use distilled or rain water. i put a watering can where rain water drips off the roof and use that, or purified, or distilled. i think the issue is that the minerals in the water build up and kill the plant. it would probably take a month or more, i'd guess. in the past, my venus fly traps always died because i didn't give them enough light. their needs are similar to a cape honeydew. now i have my two carnivorous plants on the lanai (in southern florida) behind a screen that gets full sun. it's just right. they're doing well. so give 'em enough light and pure water and they should to fine. if you pick up a gallon of purified water (or distilled) from the grocery store it should last a very long time. it only costs about a buck. should last well over a month, i would think. be sure not to let it dry out. i water it so it sits in about 1/8 inch of water. when the water evaporates i put in another 1/8 to 1/4 inch. reminds me, need to check mine. i check 'em every day or two. remember too, you gotta keep 'em humid. if you're in a dry climate keep 'em in a terrarium or something that will keep their air moist. geeze, how's that for a long-winded answer!!!
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I'd be surprised if they can ever get too much sun. When they first move outside into direct sun I've seen them kind of sunburn on the existing leaves but not on new ones. Are you using distilled water? And is it possible it's going through dormancy?
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I am growing it here in Central Florida. I had overwatered it so it had developed oedema, aka edema. It also developed cercospora leaf spot, (which my swiss chard also developed) a round, purplish spot with tan center. So I cut it way back and spray with Greencure, an organic fungicide and the new growth looks great. I've also sprayed it with Azamax for any pests. So far, so good. It grows quickly so I am looking forward to some healthy summer eating.
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Um....the directions stated to put in rain water when I received my air plant. But I don't see the harm in it since it only needs to be watered once a month. As long as the person receiving it waters it ASAP.
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I love in Colorado and have the same situation. I put it in a pot in the house and moved it to the patio during the summer months as long it doesn't get below 40. It's finally starting to grow new leaves. It's nothing like the picture. 4 leaves on a stick.
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Mine is not doing that well either. All the leaves dried out and fell, but the trunk still green and alive....I'm hoping it will sprout some new leaves. I'd advice you to keep watering it and keep waiting, just like me. Good luck
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Brussells uses a heavy soil so their Bonsais are hard to get used to. I go by weight. When I first got mine I submerged it in water in the kitchen sink......wait for the bubbles to subside. When you take it out....notice the weight. You want to let it dry but not completely. If you do this, every 2-3 days should be fine, unless you have it in full sun or something...then you would need to water it more. I don't like Brussells bonsai's. Primarily due to their soil. They have sent me sick plants with no resolution so I don't buy from them anymore.
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We keep ours in water all the time, fill a Tupperware container with water and put the pot in it. Also keep it out of direct sunlight. Ours is growing like wildfire, and we got it 2 years ago. It was doing poorly until we decided to keep it in water all the time. Hope this helps
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Yes, please put it in a bigger pot right away, not because it needs it but because adding fresh soil is always better to the plant. Also this needs a bit of acid soil as well and what I did is to combine half regular potted soil and half coffee grounds. I hope this info will be helpful to you.
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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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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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Hood afternoon, I always buy it when I go away for more then a week. You need to place into the pot and just follow the instructions. Work very well. When I come back all of my flowers are well fed. I usually let the dry water to finish itself and I water less. But you can remove it if you wish to manually water your plants. It is a good product.
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No just water it regularly. There are times that I completely forget to water it for weeks and it still never yellows or dies. I love this plant.