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Early March New Gardeners Thread (beehaw.org)

submitted 8 months ago by LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org to c/greenspace@beehaw.org

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Are you starting on your gardening journey this year? Maybe branching out to some new-to-you plants? Trying out a new style of gardening?

Share your questions! Share your plans! How can we help you grow something wonderful? What do you wish you knew more about?

And remember, if you don't need this thread then this thread needs you!

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[–] DreamyRin@beehaw.org 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if the first part of my question counts, since it's about indoor plants, but I have an aloe plant and haworthia (I think is what it's called) and while the haworthia is doing well, the aloe plant started to have it's stalks in the center turn brown. I've tried giving it more sun like someone recommended to me, but it doesn't seem to be improving. However, it does seem to still be growing.

I have one outside plant, a hyacinth, and it's already started to come up, which is exciting even though it started kind of early(?) but I had a question. When it initially bloomed, it was super top heavy and flopped over. I couldn't get it to right itself no matter what I did. Anyone got any tips?

I might be able to plant some more flowers this fall, but I'm not sure what to go with. I would love to do roses in memory of my grandparents, but I don't think they would do well in my area.

[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Indoor gardening is still gardening so it certainly counts! How long has your aloe been in the same pot? For indoor plants I like to either up-size the pot or prune roots and repot periodically. It helps to keep them from becoming root bound and strangling themselves - not saying that's the problem but it could be a factor. If it were water stress I think you'd probably be seeing signs on more than just the center.

For your hyacinths, try top dressing them with additional soil or mulch to start. Sometimes it's the planting depth that is impacting whether they fall over. If you're feeling froggy, you could consider testing your soil, particularly for potassium and calcium. Calcium is used in building the cell walls and the potassium helps to regulate how firm/turgid the plants are. Boron plays a role too but it's a trace element and not a home test I've seen much.

[–] DreamyRin@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago

I actually had some issues with root rot previously, but those cleared up. however, because of that, I moved it into a smaller pot (a friend actually told me to, and advocated for a cut in half water bottle when I said I didn't have anything else smaller) and while it did okay for a bit, now it has the browning center. I tried giving it some more sun like someone said I should, but that didn't help.

I can certainly try to repot it, I have some soil leftover from when I went to a greenhouse, same place I got my haworthia. and thank you for the tip on the hyacinth!