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12 Hacks That Will Bring Back Any Dying Plant to Life
03.07.2023 - 08:57 / balconygardenweb.com
Whenever a plant looks quite dead to you, there is a slight chance that it still has a chance at life and may miraculously start living again with the kind of right care. Read on to learn about Hacks That Will Bring Back Any Dying Plant to Life!
Take pruning shears or a pair of sharp scissors and cut back all the dying parts of the plants. Trim away dead and yellow leaves along with the stems and the flowers and buds if it has any. This way, the plant will start focusing its energy on the remaining parts that are doing well.
Over time, the soil becomes compact and hard in the pot, and it would be a great idea to aerate the growing medium now and then.
While doing so, make sure that you are adding a layer of compost to it—all this will help the roots to breathe better, making the plant healthy.
If any of your container plants need frequent watering and look too big for a pot and dying, there could be a chance that the pot is getting smaller for the plant—re-pot that in one size bigger pot with a fresh growing medium to rejuvenate it.
Just like your plant in a too-small container, notice if any of your plants are not in an overly large pot. If so, shift it into an appropriate size planter. Houseplants planted in a very big pot grow slowly and die due to overwatering.
Fluoride, chlorine, and minerals like calcium are rich in tap water. For example, bamboo plants could die because of the chlorine in the water.
Use RO, Well, Spring, or Rainwater. And if you are using tap water, allow it to sit overnight for the salts to settle down at the bottom of the container.
When you notice some changes in your plant health and feel it is starting to die, observe the light conditions. It may be possible that the plant might be receiving more or
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Update: why won't this plant die? (also known as, weeds i planted that will outlive me)
IT’S PRETTY ENOUGH, and nice in arrangements, but all I really want to say about gooseneck loosestrife is: Why won’t this plant die? It’s another of the “confidence booster” (read: so easy as to be thuggish) perennials I started out with naively 20-something years ago here, and can’t get rid of. Add Lysimachia clethroides (above) to the list with chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata) and comfrey and and and and … the depressing list of easy perennials weeds I planted, and will never be rid of.
Links i liked: plant consciousness; beaks adapt to feeder use; insectary strips on farms, & more
WE ALL KNOW that living organisms adapt over generations to their environments, but this recent example made me smile: A bird species in the U.K. (the great tit, above) have developed longer beaks in recent decades, Oxford University reports, perhaps as a result of their attraction to bird feeders provided by humans. (Photo from Wikipedia by Shirley Clarke of Fordingbridge Camera Club.)ebird and ‘all about birds’ sites have new lookSPEAKING OF BIRDS: My go-to resource for information on them, All About Birds from Cornell Lab of Ornithology, has had a redesign (look at the new species profile page for cedar waxwings, for instance). So has it
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