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plant deficiency
- Thread starter Coxiella
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Hi all,
cheers Darrel
It isn't the easiest plant to grow, and yours look pretty healthy.
cheers Darrel
Pogostemon helferi quite often grow these white or partly white leaves. Sometimes entire braches are totally white. They allways go back to all green, given time.
By far most of commercially traded Pog. helferi originate from tissue cultured plants and it seem the tendency of variegated growth run in this plant material. At Tropica we just dismiss the plants that show white leaves, but the white leaves can ofcourse occur in plants at any time.
By far most of commercially traded Pog. helferi originate from tissue cultured plants and it seem the tendency of variegated growth run in this plant material. At Tropica we just dismiss the plants that show white leaves, but the white leaves can ofcourse occur in plants at any time.
Sammy I
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They look great im jealous! Super crinkley if that's even a word! Try a little more K and MG?
Hi all,
cheers Darrel
..............I'm going to be really disappointed if it isn't.
cheers Darrel
When a large group of plants look and grow healthy (as in OP picture and at Tropica) and a single or few plants grow variegated leaves........ my first thought is not a nutrition deficiency, but a problem within the specific, individual plant.
When I experience this happening in production of huge amounts of plants again and again over years (all healthy plants and here and there a single individual plant going variegated) I see a pattern. When I experience this pattern in the in-vitro, in the potted plants and in plants in a variety of aquaria with different parametres, I tend to dismiss deficiency and believe in something within the specific plant-material.
To suspect a deficiency I would expect to see more or all of the group of plants showing symptoms. What I see in OP picture is exactly what I see in my work with this plant: a tendency to throw variegated leaves or branches.
Therefore I chose to share my experience/knowledge of this specific plant.
- hope this explain my earlier post😉.
When I experience this happening in production of huge amounts of plants again and again over years (all healthy plants and here and there a single individual plant going variegated) I see a pattern. When I experience this pattern in the in-vitro, in the potted plants and in plants in a variety of aquaria with different parametres, I tend to dismiss deficiency and believe in something within the specific plant-material.
To suspect a deficiency I would expect to see more or all of the group of plants showing symptoms. What I see in OP picture is exactly what I see in my work with this plant: a tendency to throw variegated leaves or branches.
Therefore I chose to share my experience/knowledge of this specific plant.
- hope this explain my earlier post😉.
This is more to indicate some deficiency......
Am I the only one who doesnt see any variegated leaves in OP's picture?
I see what looks like some highlight on the leaves that the camera picked up as whiteness, and one broken leaf where we are seeing the lighter underside.
The older leaves look to be a bit yellowing so maybe something can be improved.
Do you use CO2? How often and what do you dose of ferts?
I see what looks like some highlight on the leaves that the camera picked up as whiteness, and one broken leaf where we are seeing the lighter underside.
The older leaves look to be a bit yellowing so maybe something can be improved.
Do you use CO2? How often and what do you dose of ferts?
Hi all,
cheers Darrel
I'm still not sure. Originally, like you, I thought it was the light picking up the leaf undersides.
cheers Darrel
I use co2 with controller (ph : 6.2)
Ferts 3x Kno3 7.5ppm 3x po4 1.3ppm 3x K2SO4 7.5ppm
I checked potassium in the aquarium 45 ppm
