I have been reading all the advice, trying to do the right thing for these AVs, but they won't (or haven't yet) bloom. There are four here: two have lots of suckers. I've removed some, but I'm afraid I've also destroyed the crowns and they'll never grow flowers? One has a really tight crown. And the variegated one looks pretty good but some of the outermost leaves are curling a bit. They are all together under growlights where they are getting about 150 ppfd – too high? Humidity in the low 40%s, temp in the mid to high 60s most of the time (maybe down to 60 at night.) I bottom water, add aV fertilizer every 2 or 3 waterings. I think I had a mite infestation a month or two ago – I got rid of the one that was clearly infected, and have been treating the others to prevent or kill any mites. What else can I do?
by Skeptic925
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The plants with the really mangled crowns (slides 2/3/4/8) will always be on the wonky side even if you can get them healthy again. The rest have a good chance of a full recovery.
You can have every other aspect of the environment perfect and mites will override all of it, so first step is to 100% make sure the mites are gone. What miticide are you using?