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Mar 30, 2015 6:36 AM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
Vero Beach, FL (Zone 10a)
Bromeliad Vegetable Grower Region: United States of America Tropicals Plumerias Orchids
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Welcome! to ATP.

I agree with Elaine. I sounds to me like you are drowning the plant's roots, both from too frequent watering and perhaps a water-retentive potting mix. This is a good time to re-pot. Purchase a good quality potting mix, but to give better drainage, either add a cup of coarse perlite or orchid mix to every gallon of potting mix. Slow release fertilizer is a handy way to fertilize, and I use a lot of that. I still fertilize quite frequently with a diluted, soluble fertilizer from spring till fall. Since I grow so many other tropical plants, I am always fertilizing something. Sighing! I use 1/2 the rate (1/2 tsp./gal.) during the spring and summer months and 1/4 the rate during fall and winter months. Remember this phrase: "Weakly-Weekly".

Also, be sure you dump the water out of the saucer after every watering.
drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)

The reason it's so hard to lose weight when you get up in age is because your body and your fat have become good friends.

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