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Progress report: Platycerium wandae . Thinking of

Progress report: Platycerium wandae
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Thinking of mounting it next year but happy with how this guy has grown.
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2️⃣ There's actually a cluster of 3 plants now so I probably need to separate when I mount them.
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Grown at the bottom shelf of my Ikea greenhouse cabinet. Light situation: 200-400 FC x 14 hours. Watered when medium is mostly dry using 3-1-2 fertilizer. No drainage hole but I can easily pour off excess water from the spout.
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Think of it this way: it's easier and more satisfy

Think of it this way: it's easier and more satisfying to keep up with watering/fertilizing a rapidly photosynthesizing plant (close to the window) than to tip toe around watering a starving plant far from the window
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Any city with an extensive grid pattern will lend

Any city with an extensive grid pattern will lend itself to cool sunset/sunrise photos on certain days of the year. You can find the sun path software online at www.andrewmarsh.com/software
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Plant content resumes tomorrow.
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Overcast light through a window: more blue/green t

Overcast light through a window: more blue/green than red.
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Light analysis: only 117 FC (21 µmol) right now but it gets brighter later in the day.
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Plant: Davallia fejeensis (Rabbit foot fern) . If

Plant: Davallia fejeensis (Rabbit foot fern)
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If older leaves eventually die off, then the way to enjoy a plant for the long term is to ensure it grows NEW leaves.
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Growth is driven by light and supported by watering/fertilizing accordingly - not the other way around.
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Light levels for this plant are in the 100-400 FC range most of the day. There was one year it grew in my window sill getting similar indirect light levels but an additional 2 hours of direct sun - it was fine I just had to keep up with watering. I used a 3-1-2 fertilizer at every watering. Watered whenever the sphagnum moss was nearly completely dry. Planted in purely sphagnum moss. This pot has no drainage holes but I can pour off excess water by turning the plant upside down - sphagnum moss doesn't crumble away like soil.
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Leaf turnover: I pull off 3 or 4 of these fronds every month or so.
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Spectral Analysis: early morning sun through a win

Spectral Analysis: early morning sun through a window, 675 FC (125 μmol)
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