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Ficus Benjamina - acid-loving ?
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| gentlegreen 2007-05-24, 9:25 am |
| Dear Urglers,
I half-heartedly took some cuttings from an office plant a few months back
and stuck them into "Westland MP with added John Innes" with no rooting
hormone. I was surprised when two of them rooted.
But growth is being slowed by the growing tips dieing back... which made me
think the GP compost was a bit "hot".
There is some slight banding on newer leaves (veins remaining dark) ...which
made me think of iron deficiency ...
I can find no reference to ficus benjamina being acid-loving.
The plants are in amongst others so I'm guessing there's reasonable
humidity.
I just went and checked my colleague's plant from where I nicked the
cuttings and it's similarly banded, but the tips are fine .. she apparently
only feeds it milky tea and coffee !
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| gentlegreen <gentlegreengiantcalciumcarbonate@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>Dear Urglers,
>
>I half-heartedly took some cuttings from an office plant a few months back
>and stuck them into "Westland MP with added John Innes" with no rooting
>hormone. I was surprised when two of them rooted.
>
>But growth is being slowed by the growing tips dieing back... which made me
>think the GP compost was a bit "hot".
>There is some slight banding on newer leaves (veins remaining dark) ...which
>made me think of iron deficiency ...
>
>I can find no reference to ficus benjamina being acid-loving.
>
>The plants are in amongst others so I'm guessing there's reasonable
>humidity.
>
>I just went and checked my colleague's plant from where I nicked the
>cuttings and it's similarly banded, but the tips are fine .. she apparently
>only feeds it milky tea and coffee !
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>
I used to feed mine on lapsang suchong (without milk, of course)
--
Kay
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| gentlegreen 2007-05-25, 3:25 am |
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"K" <k@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:$Xgle8DRpfVGFwdW@scarboro.demon.co.uk...
> gentlegreen <gentlegreengiantcalciumcarbonate@yahoo.co.uk> writes
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> I used to feed mine on lapsang suchong (without milk, of course)
Looks like I'd better make it scientific and water one with (Oolong) and the
other with plain water.
And I really ought to buy some ericaceous compost for my gardenia in any
case ...
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