Do any of you think my birds of paradise is done for? I had to replace the soil about 2 weeks ago because it was infested with fungus gnats, the roots and soil weren’t dry when I repotted her so I didn’t feel the need to water it. It recently had one of the leaves like this so I bottom watered it and was misting it as well. Is it done for? Do I cut the leaf off?? Help 😭
Personally I would just leave it. I dont mist any of my plants. I would ignore it, and let it do its thing.
いいね 1件 I usually don’t mist but I was trying anything to save it 😭
0件のいいねWhere there’s green there’s photosynthesis lol keep the leaf and only water when dry. I personally think misting is a bit of a myth. I use a humidifier for my plants that require humidity and just let them do their thing. But that being said, birds of paradise are like 50-70% so not high humidity needs really, so I’d just do what you did, repot it, only water when dry and it should recover. Do you use a grow light or window? I use grow lights for everything, and you can get them extremely cheap on amazon. Definitely not a requirement but it could be useful while it recovers. Another helpful way to boost humidity is to group your humidity loving plants together. They create a little microclimate around each other and boost humidity that way
いいね 1件 So I use a grow light and it’s hadn’t put out a new leaf in months. She was pretty unhappy with me when I repotted it and then recently it had fungus gnats and now this lol. I actually don’t mist any of my plants, I was just desperate to try anything. And it’s with 4 other plants that are the same humidity, I think she just hates me as of right now lol
0件のいいねHey if all else fails, and it continues to go south, there’s always rhizome division and propagate it that way! I know it’s not ideal to basically start over but at the end of the day, it would save the plant! I’ve had to do it a few times with my bat flowers and vanilla orchid. They are divas. They are still alive and thriving now that I’ve started over and got the care locked in
0件のいいねbut if you want to be safe and not lose it you could always clone it?
いいね 1件 I also have another plant with it, when I bought it the roots were together and I didn’t want to separate them. But if I were to clone it do I just cut off a leaf and try to propagate how you would any other plant?? I’ve only propagated a pathos before
0件のいいねit’s a process , just cut off a good leaf and stick in water or a tissue with water
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