How much light & water is best for the H. coriacea?
The leaves on mine are looking a little "wrinkled" and I wonder if it has received too much direct sun, or, if I watered it too much. There are no signs of bugs and the leaves are not turning yellow (yet).
Would those who have had success growing H. coriacea let me know what I might be doing wrong?
Thanks!!
Ann
Hoya coriacea questions
if the leaves are looking wrinkled....like leather?...it may mean that the roots are rotted and no water is getting up to the leaves... Try pulling it out and checking the roots. Start cutting up from the roots until you hit fresh stem and reroot...?
Carol
Full of tea in NZ
Well, I pulled the little guy out of his pot and the roots were all a nice light tan color, so it doesn't seem to be an over-watering problem. I repotted him, so we shall see if that helps. Still no sign of bugs.
H. coriacea is one Hoya that has been slow to start for me. I have re-rooted my plant twice and just this year, it has finally started to grow and thrive for me.
Did you get it as a rooted plant? If you have enough plant to spare a cutting, you might want to root a nice piece of it. I have discovered that many a time, the cuttings I root myself outgrow the original plant. It is always nice to have a back up plant just in case.
Thanks for the reminder to re-root. I have a H. camphorifolia that has sat for 2 yrs. doing nothing. I am going to try re-rooting that one. I have just received a H. coriacea with a lot of new growth. I am hoping mine will continue to grow and won't shut down.
Thanks for the idea Mel.
I got the plant rooted from Carol and so far it has been a lovely little creature. Since I bought a small sized plant there's not much to snip-off for rooting, but I think I will give it a try.
How did you root it? Did you use the root-in-water method, or did you do the root-hormone thing?
Thanks,
Ann
Update on my H. coriacea...
My sweet baby is perking up!! I pulled it away from the window and it seems to be happier. Since my window is southwesterly there are a couple of hours of direct sun coming in and I think now that the sun is lower (since we are moving into fall) it became too intense. Has anybody else had this problem? I wonder if the "leather" look was not sunburn but stress???
I over fertilized a couple of things once & they got that leathery look. Repotted & found I had too much osmocote in there plus all the other stuff I was giving. New soil & didn't fertilize for awhile & all was fine.
Marcy
Marcy,
I think you have hit the nail on the head. I am going to cut back on fertilizer for a while.
Thanks!!
Ann
Ann,
It sounds like you have solved your problem. That is great!
I can't remember if I used water or perlite to root H. coriacea. I have gotten to the point that I root about 90% of my cuttings in water, but, I used many differnt methods in my trial and error phase!
For water rooting, I use 10 drops of Hormex per gallon of water. I keep the rooting bottles on a heat mat.
I hope your plant continues to thrive!!!
Yes, I personally like rooting the cuttings in water. For one thing, it is really easy to just stick a sprig into a glass of water, and for another, I get to watch the roots develop which is not only kind of fun, but I don't have to fret about how it is rooting like I would using another medium. I'm going to check out that Homex.
I have been having 100% success using the baggie method, and this is coming from a previously "rooting challenged" person. Mel the coriacea you sent me is doing great!!
Blessings,
Awanda
This message was edited Sep 10, 2005 2:42 PM
Thanks for the reminder about the baggie method, Awanda!!
I thought I would put links to a couple of threads that discussed this a while back for anyone who wants to revisit the intricacies of rooting using this method.
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/536817/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/445774/
By the way, I read in the Hoya Handbook that putting sugar in the water when rooting provides extra "umph" for the plant which speeds up rooting. I gave it a shot and (maybe it's wishful thinking on my part) the small roots seemed to get bigger overnight. Anybody else tried this?
Ann
Thanks for posting the links to the threads on how to root cuttings in ziploc bags Ann. It was good to read. I'm trying that method now and can already see some outstanding results. I'm most impressed. I seem to be getting the best roots on the wrong end of the cuttings though. lol
Sandy