I tried to find some dwarf sag but no one had any that didn't look to be dead/dying. This town has a pretty crappy selection of plants, so I'll have to order some probably.
Plants can be very surprising. If you can give them even modest conditions, even out of the way somewhere (maybe in a bright corner, keeping the soil wet, misting against spider mite, if you don't want to keep them in the same situation), they may reward you with another attempt to grow, at which point you can say "Hey! I like you -- come on out here, I'll put you in with friends!" I might even be able to send you some little plants started in the same way I note above, when the weather allows again and if my own plants make it through the winter in a fairly sunny window.Do you think they [umbrella palms] may come back at some point? I didn't remove the roots, I just pulled the rotting parts out and cut all the dead looking stuff all the way to the substrate. There should still be some roots down in the substrate.
If mine don't come back I'd definitely be interested in that . Thank you for the offer.I might even be able to send you some little plants started in the same way I note above, when the weather allows again and if my own plants make it through the winter in a fairly sunny window.
Maybe that's my problem. I should have planted them expecting them to die. Perhaps they didn't like my enthusiastic attitude :I'm still waiting for them to die so I can take them out, but they keep growing bushier even with a thick layer of diatom algae on all the older leaves.
I keep my nitrates around 10ppm which should be sufficient. I don't want algae so I watch it closely and only allow enough for the plants to utilize. If they start using more I have kno3 I can dose though.or maybe there just isnt enough stuff in the water for them to get what they need, my goldfish are stupid messy & it's a constant battle keeping nitrates below 40ppm
That is the common name, but I noticed a few other plants also commonly use that name, so I wanted to be specific as to not confuse anyone.I had to look up "Tradescantia zebrina" and it's "wandering Jew" (or as my mom occasionaly said "wondering Jew")
From what I read they are actually native to Madagascar, but are indeed related to actual papyrus from Egypt.I think of them more as bog plants -- actually I think of them in Egypt growing in the mud of the Nile River That also means a lot of sunlight and possibly high humdity. Difficult conditions to replicate inside, though the plants are good for sunny ponds unless the grower gets freezing weather (like we do here).