Hello, after doing some more groundwork and printing out information regarding all my plants I have made a color coded table for watering and I was wondering if I could get some input / checks from people more experienced.
Green means watering every two weeks
Blue means watering every four weeks, plant is probably dormant
Red means no water allowed
Never Dry: if the answer is yes, plant should probably not dry out completely and during high temperatures watered weekly
Wet Growth: plant should not become completely dry during active states and/or growth
Current watering regime puts every watering cycle at around 60 milliliters of water.
I would very much appreciate input from those that are more well versed as I am not that experienced yet but have a collection, I bought a whole bunch of these plants but now I need to know what their watering regime is!
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by Workable_Ocelot
2 Comments
This is a cool table and I totally get the idea of planning everything out when you’re still new to this hobby. That being said… it really just over complicates everything. You’ll get a feel for these plants quickly and the key is basically this:
New leaf production = active growth = regular watering.
Leaf dieback = dormancy = reduced or no watering.
60mL of water once every two weeks is a gross under approximation. If they’re in active growth, these plants will guzzle water. I water my caudex plants twice a week with a hose when they’re in active growth and some of them probably want more.
Gerrardanthus probably won’t conform to any pre determined watering schedule in a pot. They drink tons of water once they have got a decent amount of growth.