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Philodendron birkin leaf unfurl: great job, plant!

Philodendron birkin leaf unfurl: great job, plant!
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Plants grow into the shape of their light situatio

Let's see what we have in the snake plant leaf pro

Let's see what we have in the snake plant leaf propagation jar (3 months in water) ➡️
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Pups have formed on the 'Whitney' and 'Black Coral'
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Some roots on the 'Moonshine' and 'Black Gold'
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Some rotting on the one for which I don't know the name (it's not a trifasciata cultivar). No worries, I'll just cut it higher up and try again.
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My parent's new plant shelfie setup. From my initi

My parent's new plant shelfie setup. From my initial analysis, the light situation is far worse than before but I'll have to take more readings at different times of the day to get the full picture.
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At this moment, the Dieffenbachia near the window sees 179 FC but that drops to 41 FC for even the closest snake plant on the shelf. Luckily, this is a south patio door so the sun does shine through for a few hours of day - it'll touch the Dieffenbachia directly while brightening the overall space a bit (I'll have to measure someday).
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Also, snake plants will tolerate very low light quite well but I'll definitely need to look for some grow lights for the succulents on the second row.
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Happy #FicusFriday - just doing some light analysi

Happy #FicusFriday - just doing some light analysis for my fiddle leaf fig.
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The reality is light levels vary a lot: look how the reading decreases with what seems like small changes in distance from the source.
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It's tempting to worry that maybe the lower leaves aren't getting enough light but the fact of higher light near the top of the plant vs lower at the bottom exists even in a nursery (although the actual numbers would be different).
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Another way to look at it is: given this setup (light on for 14-16 hours a day and sitting next to this window), I have observed satisfactory growth over the past few months: 7 new leaves (groupings of 2 + 3 + 2), 2 lower leaves lost so far.
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Watered (3-1-2 fertilizer added) whenever soil was partially dry - checking with a chopstick down roughly 2-3 inches.
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Crispy wave fern is recovering from mealy bug trea

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