TOT..totally off topic...for cheryl
ms plant expert...:D
i have a question. i have a wax plant that is an off shoot from my grandmother's plant. she passed away before i was 1...so...over 40 years ago. i have never gotten my plant to flower. hubby has "helped" and over watered it a few times. :rolleyes: it's really not looking well. it's still pretty green, but it's not full like it used to be and only has one long shoot hanging down. any tips? |
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First let's make sure we are talking about the same plant. A lot of times, common names differ from one part of the country to the other. Here are some pictures of what I know to be a wax plant.
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yep....:Sob:but no flowers. my mom and sister get flowers.
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Here's another one...and a tip on making it all better!
Hoya carnosa can be propagated at anytime by air layering or by stem cuttings. A portion of the stem including one or more pairs of leaves will quickly produce roots in water or damp sand. Let it dry out during the winter months. Fertilize every 2 months in spring and summer. Do not remove the leafless spurs or stubs, on which new flowers appear every year. I recommend a well balanced fertilizer such as Miracle Gro - find the one for succulents. If you cannot find one, the all purpose one works just fine. Make sure to let the dirt dry out inbetween waterings. |
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Repot it. Make sure you have real dirt and not potting soil which is sometimes made up of half organic and non-organic material.
They also like to be root bound. Put it in a little pot! |
i have a new pot. it's smaller. since some of the plant has died, that should work.
it looks like it has more potting soil than dirt. i'll fix that. :hug: ty cheryl. it would break my heart to lose that plant. |
Good luck with it! I hope it lives too! Take a cutting off it and start a new one. Do you need more instructions on how to do that?
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they like to be in dirt right? not sprouted in water?
yep..directions please. :D |
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Stem cuttings is the section you want. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/housepl..._cuttings.html |
:hug: ty cheryl
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