Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Advice Please, and a BIG Question, 1 by Xeramtheum

Xeramtheum wrote:
Erick, they look like mine did after overwintering them in the greenhouse, perfectly normal as far as I'm concerned. Are you using potting soil? If you are, you should switch to a peat based soiless potting medium. I use ProMix BX, it's much lighter and very root friendly. In the spring I give mine that are in pots, the spa treatment. I hose off all of the potting medium from the roots and then let them soak in a warm half strength solution of fertilizer while I mix up the ProMix. I get larger pots and make a slurry of ProMix with water until its the consistency of sort of a thin pudding then slop a bit of it in the new pot, put the naked brug in the pot and slop more in until the roots are covered then gently dunk the plant up n down slightly to make sure the slurry makes its way through out the rootball and any air bubbles escape. I then set the pot aside and let the water drain out and do the others. After it drains, I add more ProMix as needed. That usually wakes them up.


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