Continuation/ Trial New Plant that came

[Merkaba]

So I posted the ' New Plant coming thread' and as you may have read, I was a little worried about the state of my dear, sweet Salvia.

Well, I just thought I would share my thoughs as she is now doing extremely well.  This post goes out to the worry-warts and nay sayers.....

Of all the things I tried ( less water, more water, filtered sunlight etc )  the one thing that made the HUGEst difference was taking her out of a plastic pot, and moving her into a caly pot.  SHe perked up literally overnight and is alive and well now.  I remember reading something about clay pots making a difference somewhere and I fully understand what they were saying.  So to those who arent new to Salvia ingestion, but new to growing and housing her, remeber to put her in a clay pot with draininage.  Wood chips, rocks even.  When in doubt, take her out of the plastic pot.  She apparently is not very fond of it.


Thanks for reading, and good luck in your adventures growing Salvia!!!

[secret_treaties]

So I posted the ' New Plant coming thread' and as you may have read, I was a little worried about the state of my dear, sweet Salvia.

Well, I just thought I would share my thoughs as she is now doing extremely well.  This post goes out to the worry-warts and nay sayers.....

Of all the things I tried ( less water, more water, filtered sunlight etc )  the one thing that made the HUGEst difference was taking her out of a plastic pot, and moving her into a caly pot.  SHe perked up literally overnight and is alive and well now.  I remember reading something about clay pots making a difference somewhere and I fully understand what they were saying.  So to those who arent new to Salvia ingestion, but new to growing and housing her, remeber to put her in a clay pot with draininage.  Wood chips, rocks even.  When in doubt, take her out of the plastic pot.  She apparently is not very fond of it.


Thanks for reading, and good luck in your adventures growing Salvia!!!

Interesting. I lost one plant (out of 5) after planting them in plastic pots.
At this time the 4 others are thriving. They will be going in the ground tomorrow, wonder how much that will help...
ST

[Jupe]

drainage is critical, especially with crappy black peat based soils....add lava anc chips.  they love the ground, unless climate gets colder than 35 F for more than 3 or so hours.....