Hello everyone
I have a highland species that I bought (years ago and it was not labeled). As you can see in the pics, I keep it in a plastic pot inside a taller container (which I think was a small trash bin at some point). I just finished trimming it. The window is SE facing. I live in zone 7, so its cold outside and the humidity is not ideal, but it has survived many winters here and tends to bounce back quickly in the spring.
However, I would like to repot it and I have a rooted cutting I took from it that needs to be potted for a friend. I have dried sphagnum to use. I was also thinking about crumbling up some of the dried leaves I cut from the plant and adding that to the soil mix. Has anyone tried this? I figure it might act the same way as a fine orchid bark or coconut husk or perlite and have the added bonus of adding some nutrients back into the soil (which the plant doesn't use a lot of, but still)
Also, how can I do a cutting that will increase my growing points? Should I wait until early spring to do that?
Thanks
Jeff
I have a highland species that I bought (years ago and it was not labeled). As you can see in the pics, I keep it in a plastic pot inside a taller container (which I think was a small trash bin at some point). I just finished trimming it. The window is SE facing. I live in zone 7, so its cold outside and the humidity is not ideal, but it has survived many winters here and tends to bounce back quickly in the spring.
However, I would like to repot it and I have a rooted cutting I took from it that needs to be potted for a friend. I have dried sphagnum to use. I was also thinking about crumbling up some of the dried leaves I cut from the plant and adding that to the soil mix. Has anyone tried this? I figure it might act the same way as a fine orchid bark or coconut husk or perlite and have the added bonus of adding some nutrients back into the soil (which the plant doesn't use a lot of, but still)
Also, how can I do a cutting that will increase my growing points? Should I wait until early spring to do that?
Thanks
Jeff