I’ve been waiting on watering because the soil has been so damp, and now I’m worried about root rot with being able to slip off those root covering things that were soggy.
the plant is in the sun room, and it has a grow light next to it.
it does have damage from my cat and has since been moved where she can’t get it and has been healing well.
there’s a humidifier i need to move so it doesn’t directly spray the plant, but that hasn’t been on in 4-5 days in hopes the soil would dry but it hasn’t.
please help me save phillip 🙁
by evren0605
7 Comments
root rot, soil is too dense
You may want to add something like orchid bark to your new soil when you repot.
That pot looks too big, your soil is too dense. Is there drainage in the pot? If not and you want to keep it in that pot burn holes into the bottom (metal skewer heated up, poke holes into bottom if it’s plastic). Pull the plant out and rinse all dirt off roots, cut back anything that’s rotted and put in way better soil, garden soil, perlite, orchid bark (I add horticulture charcoal and worm casings too). Make it nice and chunky and only water when it’s dry at least two inches down
I wouldn’t chance it using the old soil, possibly fungus and or bacteria you wouldn’t want to replant in. You could spread it out on a baking sheet and put in the oven to kill un wanted off. Google to investigate this.
My monsters live in smaller pots than I originally got them in and I mix my own soil. 1:1:1 soil, orchid bark, pumice stone, and a small (*small*) amount of sphagnum.
I would repot. It’s the right season for it anyway. Remove any bad roots. You already know what those look like. Keep all the healthy roots and base your pots size on what is left in your root cluster. I personally do not give them more than an inch or two of space around the roots to grow but surely other people have different preferences. I have found that they prefer to be nice and snuggly in their well draining soil and if I put them in too large a pot I don’t get new leaves for ages because the energy expenditure is going into filling the pot with roots.
I picked up a hydrometer in my early plant days and that was helpful but now my water schedule is based around the feel and droop of the leaves.
Best of luck 🌱
Pot Looks too big, especially with this dense soil. Repot with a high drainage substrate, or repot in a smaller pot. That’s how you might safe it. It will need some recovery time after that but it’s possible to safe her. Get help with the next soil mix.
Like many people have said, you need more amendments to your soil.
Amendments are additions like orchid bark, coco husk, perlite, sphagnum moss, etc.
Depending on what type of plant it is, I add more of less of some kind of amendment.
As of right now, I only use only soil mix if it’s I’m trying to grow from seed.