Hello, I recently got a Stromanthe Triostar and it’s struggling. I am wondering if part of the issue might be that I need to add more soil? I didn’t want to cover up what I assume are new leaves so I left it kind of low. Any advice is much appreciated!
No advice, but this is on my wishlist. I hope she gets well soon!
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Looks like it should be fine. Why do you say it is struggling? I have one. They grow rather quickly. Filling the pot with new shoots. They have similar care to Calatheas. I have a room humidifier running next to mine and it still has brown leaf tips.
Beautiful Calatheas
0 likesI say struggling because mine’s not growing at all and it’s getting brown tips and yellowing of the leaves in other spots
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0 likes Ok, gotcha. These plants are difficult. Each one seems to have its own needs. My general care for my calatheas is letting the soil dry out about 50% before watering. And they do not get direct sun but are under a grow light for about 16 hours a day. I do mist them but that’s for avoiding spider mites, not for humidity. The humidifier runs 24 hours a day. I do have them in a very chunky soil of orchid bark, perlite, succulent soil, and a small amount of charcoal. I fertilize according to Planta. One more thing, I give all my plants silica additive when I fertilize. That’s my routine. But please realize I have had trouble with a couple caltheas. Down to just a few leaves and then suddenly they are growing like crazy. I just don’t understand sometimes.
0 likes What does the silica do? I too once had only 1 tiny leaf on a Calathea but after figuring out I was overwatering, the plant has really bounced back. But it’s high maintenance plant
0 likes Are you referring to the two stubs that are on either side of the main stem? I do not think those are new leaves. They look more like leaves that were previously removed, at least that’s my experience with two stromanthe triostar. I have two of them. The one that is getting brighter light is growing more vigorously. Also they like humidity. I struggle with that so I get brown tips. My plants seem too like staying slightly moist.
Beautiful plant! Yes, unfortunately my kitten got to the plant and damaged those two bottom leaves beyond repair, so I snipped them in the hopes that the plant would focus more nutrients to growing new leaves
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Yours looks fine. Just make sure to give it some humidity. This is what mine looks like. I don’t have a lot of humidity where i live so that’s why the leaves are browning
Beautiful! I’ll make sure it gets more humidity, thank you!
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