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The first bloom on the amaryllis is fully open. I think it will have 4. I thought it wasn't going to bloom because it put out some leaves first.

amaryllis photo )



African violets update:
  • Chantaspring died - this was the micromini that I tried to wick water. Maybe a yellow wasn't my best idea to try a micromini with. Yellows are always weaker for me.
  • Rolling Dew Drops is looking terrible - I had planted it in the chicken pot. Previous plant in pot this had also died oddly. I had tried to spray seal this with acrylic clear paint, maybe didn't do a good enough job? Moving it into a different pot.
I'm not going to trust the spray seal. There's a second pot not in use that I did the same thing with (elephant). Wonder what is in this pottery.

darkcedars: magungensis african violet (Default)
I've decided that this (Brightening, Imbolc, Groundhog Day) is main plant repotting time.  Nearly everyone was potted up or repotted.  Of note: 
  • Chantaspring is moving to wick watering. I don't prefer this, but nothing else I've done is really working out (this one still has the parent leaf and may be the only reason I haven't lost it.  The pot is a broth container cap with a hole drilled in it. My shovel is an xacto knife blade. 
very tiny plant potted in a blue lid
  • Lunar Lily and Summer Comfort are going to bloom soon for the first time! 
  • Irish Flirt plantlet turned out to be TWO plantlets. I separated them. 
  • Have decided to keep some of the duplicates at this time. 
  • May have broke a crown on Rolling Dew Drops - need to watch it closely. 
Really, really need to save some Styrofoam for the next time I repot. The chicken shaped planter is far too deep for any of my plants, and filling the bottom with rocks makes it weigh an absolute ton. 

Also I should slowly document all my cute pots as their plants bloom.  

EDIT Feb 3 - the wick watering is NOT working out. It is totally flooded. Pulled the wick from the reservoir. Found an eye dropper, I must only water with the eye dropper. 

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