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YankeesRule |
10/31/03 |
Please dont hate me, but I have a ratehr large indoor palm tree kind of plant, and it was my roomies, and when he went away i kinda forgot to water it, and i used to have another plant that even if u forgot for like a month, u water it and then it revived right back after a week or so. Well this one, a lot of the leaves turned brown and i had to cut them off, and i even repotted into a much bigger pot with brand new soil already mixed with some miracle grow. Granted I have only watered it like once a week and left it outside where the wind bent the smaller stems out of shape, but the point is, it is not DEAD yet.
One lady told me i should use some epsom salt, which will restore the green color, valid? She also talked about some other chemical, might have been some name beginning with "o", like oxigenetic or something...
So 1, how do i revive and keep it healthy, 2, how do i restore the bent stems? I was thinking of using some sticks and tie string around the pot to hold them up with a "cage" of string. Thanks.
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Clarification/Follow-up by YankeesRule on 10/31/03 1:58 pm:
So not even epsom salt or anything right now? And it doesnt need sun to help grow right now? I think my mistake was leaving it outside on the balcony where there were some high winds, kinda destroyed some leaves, duh.... so I can plug a good stick right near the stems and then use any kinda twine or string to hold the falling leaves up? I think i remember trying that one time and it didnt seem to do much good for some reason, i guess it takes at least several months huh...
Also i kinda trimmed the browned and dried up leaves and only left the real green ones, is that ok? Sometimes I had to trim like the whole end of the stem, leaving like only the stem.... it'll grow back from that right?
And when it does grow back, then should i use some food or epsom or fertilizer? And was it bad that i got new soil with miracle gro in it already?
Thanks!
Clarification/Follow-up by charlotte on 10/31/03 2:46 pm:
You aren't listening(slapping Yankee's ears!)
First you have to determine what kind of plant it is!!!!!!
Just, "sort of a palm like plant" won't do it.
Too many plants look sort of like a palm, and are nowhere near a plam, or related to it.
Some plants need a lot of sun, some need none, and a lot are in between, so if it is a shade plant, putting it in the sun would kill it. If it is a sun-loving plant, it needs sun.
Is'nt there ANY way you can find out what it is?
Staking is different with different plants too.
what you tie them with, and how you tie them can mean the difference of helping and harming.
Without knowing what kind of plant it is, I would not make ANY recommendations.
You can look at the houseplants site I sent you, and others on the web, to identify it.
You simply MUST find out what kind of plant you are dealing with,FIRST!!!!!
Clarification/Follow-up by GreenConnectionNL on 10/31/03 8:23 pm:
You did read me wel.......nothing more then I told u.....no salt or anything that would burn the new roots. Read my advise!!
Succes!!
GreenConnectionNL
Clarification/Follow-up by charlotte on 11/02/03 7:29 am:
Before I said the Epsom Salts probably wouldn't hurt.
CANCEL THAT!!!!
I use Epsom salts to make bath chrystals etc. don't THINK of it as salt, but if it is salt, as in SODIUM, it can sure kill a plant.
Salt is a good weed/plant killer, where you want NOTHING to grow.
Same advice as before,,,,,
You have to properly identify the plant forst, or you are working blind, and it will be a fluke if you don't do it more harm.
Check with a local nursery, or ask your roomie what the plant is!!!!!!
Then go from there.
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