Re: FW: S. hallii rosetting
Joe Flaherty <joeflaherty <at> usa.net>
2006-03-01 16:17:56 GMT
Staszek is that fertilizer formulated for some other specific kind of plant?
How did you arrive at the specific fertilizer for sans?
just curious.
joe
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Received: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 10:13:26 AM CST
From: "Stanislaw J. Chrapusta" <chrapuss <at> cmdik.pan.pl>
To: <Sansevierias <at> yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [Sansevierias] FW: S. hallii rosetting
FW: S. hallii rosettingI cannot tell exactly how long it takes to grow a 30"
S.hallii leaf since I never paid real attention to the growing 'speed. It is
just my guess that it takes more than one growing season for the leaves to
reach their full size. All my S. hallii plants started from the leaf I took
with me when coming back from the US in October of 1995 (the 'mother' plant,
which I bought from Grigsby's CG, was to simply too big). Now there are six
pots of them in my care (some a size of a 3 gallon bucket). I gave away few
more to my relatives and friends, but as much as I know those plants are on a
different 'diet' and do not grow as vigorously. I feed my plants half of the
time with an organic fertilizer that is quite acidic and really stinks when
concentrated (N+P+K = approx2+approx5+approx4, diluted 100-200 times prior to
use), and half of the time with a slightly acidic (about pH6.0) artificial
fertilizer (N+P+K = 4+7+7, using 100x dilution). They grow in plastic pots
filled with a losely packed mix of regular cactus-type soil (I am actually
hesitating to call it this, because there is no coarse sand or other mineral
material in it, but i is sold under this name in the 'home-and-garden centers
here) and coconut fiber (30-60%), which leaves plenty of space for roots and
rhizomes. During the growing season I water my sans usually once a week, they
are kept indoors all the year long).
Staszek
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael LaForest
To: Sansevierias <at> yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 3:07 PM
Subject: [Sansevierias] FW: S. hallii rosetting
Staszek,
My reply to your message is having 'delivery failure', so I will reply to
you by posting my response to the entire Sans group as I think some will be
interested.
Mike
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From: Michael LaForest <mlaforest05 <at> comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:58:31 -0400
To: "Stanislaw J. Chrapusta" <chrapuss <at> cmdik.pan.pl>
Subject: Re: S. hallii rosetting
How interesting! Is there no end to the surprises of this silly plant!?
Staszek, how long does it take to grow a 30" Hallii leaf there in Warsaw? I
have Hallii that is at least 3 years old, and I can't seem to break the 12"
long barrier! Maybe I need to sock the nitrogen to them (a weird American
phrase Haha!)
Please send pictures to the group when you can. The pictures are worth 1000
words each!
Mike
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