Dr. Hexbear what do I do? Please save her, I just got her. I don’t know how to take care of children. I’m keeping her outdoors (in New England), where babies should be kept
Dr. Hexbear what do I do? Please save her, I just got her. I don’t know how to take care of children. I’m keeping her outdoors (in New England), where babies should be kept
Why do you think it needs new soil? What kind of soil do you recommend?
The leaves are turning yellow and it’s in a tiny plastic pot. I think the soil might be depleted. I’m no gardener though. I think any potted plant mix would be fine
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There may be a grow store in your area that sells it. Totally worth it.
Mix in some compost if you have it
get a bag of your basic potting soil and a bag of perlite from the garden store or whatever, mix up 3 parts soil with 1 part perlite
plants breathe through their roots, adding some perlite (a sort of light fluffy stone like pumice, it looks there’s already some bits of it on top of your current pot) keeps the soil from getting too hard packed or retaining enough water to drown the plant
Be really careful about what kinda soil you wanna pop one of these into. A hydro store will have some fancy stuff but otherwise I’d recommend popping one into some Mel’s mix (essentially 1/3 compost blend of preferably 4+ composts and I’d suggest using chicken manure as the base/primary here, 1/3 peat or coco coir, 1/3 perlite). Whatever you do make sure the soil you buy is labeled for containers and probably stay away from miracle gro unless there’s a fancy option they have now.
What about repotting it in the yard? How does that change things?
I would at the very least till in some composts. If your soil is lacking in organic material it’s gonna be a hard life for the MJ. Chicken manure for compost and pelleted chicken manure for dry fertilizer down the line are probably the strongest cheapest options if youre ok with animal product.
You’ll need to really be careful about overwatering when dealing with plants in the ground. On the upside you can typically water less. You should get a feel for how fast the top layer is drying out, maybe the safest thing to do is to underwater and try to see how long it takes for the leaves to drop and then water them. This timing will change depending on the size of the plant and the weather. Overwatering will clog the roots and give them root rot, which will kill them without any way of stopping it once started.
Get it in the ground asap if you want flowers!
You don’t know if your yard dirt has what the plant needs, so you’ll probably still want to add some kind of soil mix to wherever you plant it. Try to pick a spot with similar sunlight to whatever its been getting and pull weeds around the base every so often and that should work fine.