GREEN CRUSHER'S LIFE SPAN (SALVIA)

[incensesalvia]

Strain:  Blosser
Lighting: Southern Exposure Non/Direct sunlight
Grow Media/Soil Mix:
Fertilizer:
Temperature Range: 67-80
Humidity:  High
Started From:  Clone
Start Date: Arrived March 18th 2009

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March 18-
Hello. I ordered 30$ worth of salvia plant and it arrived one hour ago. It was wilted, so I immediately put it into a humidity tent (2 liter soda bottle without a cap and cut off bottom). I set it inside near the window of my house without direct sunlight. I am afraid it will not survive. It arrived on my doorstep exactly at 4:00PM. it is now 5:28PM, and the pictures were taken a little less than an hour after arrival.


March 20-
I've been religiously following the instructions and assistance that salviasource has been providing for me. All the leaves on both my salvia plants are drying out and browning. There are 2 baby leaves on the very top of the plant that have brown spotting but they aren't dried out yet. This is terrible. My plants are seriously in trouble. They have a perfect location with right temp, light, watering conditions, and humidity tent.
I took off the humidity tent for the pictures. It seems as though I'm a newbie who isn't doint what's right. It feels that way, but I know for sure that I'm doing everything the way I should be.


March 22-
The plants are doin the same as March 20.. except only the very two top leaves are alive. And they're browning. The stems have browned slightly, and my underwear is browning from stress. Is there a trick or something.. like should have I transplanted?




The first photo is the day of arrival.
The second photo is 2 days after arrival.

[retro_killa]

The first two photos are the day of arrival.
The second two photos are 2 days after arrival.

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[incensesalvia]

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[retro_killa]

wow.... Sally looks so sad

I would look into making a Greenhouse or a growing chamber for your plant. Also do a soil mix I would read peoples grow logs & see for your self what will work also using fertilizer will help Sally out a-lot. I am about $100 into my project & I am stressed out as well but all will go well if you do some research.

I am growing sally in a organic soil mixture & using natural manure & for water I am using Crystal Geyser Natural Alpine Spring Water

check out my grow log it might help you some what dunno for sure best of luck http://www.salviasource.org/forum/grow-logs/west-coast-operation-grow-green-sally/15/

[incensesalvia]

Here are some pictures taken just a second ago.
It's been 5 days since I received the two in the mail.

I know, they look terrible. I just don't know if they'll ever progress.
They certainly don't look any healthier than before, so I think they're on their way to death...

[drift]

The bottom one in your pic looks like it already has stem rot.

[Hero4Evz]

The top of the 2 plants (in the horizontal picture) looks savable though! I'd separate them and either setup a bubbler or try in water root it to see if you can get any growth to show. I wouldn't completely give up on the second yet either though.

[incensesalvia]

Thanks for the help. I'll try to separate them both, since one does look like it has root rot. They both were rooted cuttings, so it's very possible the other may start to have root rot. I'll keep my hopes up and separate them. I've been wondering if I should transplant into a mixture of potting soil, but I do understand that it could be a terrible shock for a struggling plant as they already are.

[retro_killa]

I would look into buying root growth hormone for both of the plants this will assist in the chance of new roots growing. Also I would look into using distilled water such as "Crystal Geyser Alpine Spring Water" or anything that is bottled


 

[Somora]

Is distilled water really the way to go? I would think that you would want regular spring water, or even tap water, provided it is left to sit for a while so that any chlorine in it can evaporate.

Just my two cents.

[|if3]

Bottled water is expensive, I just use the water from my brita!. .

incensesalvia: Follow the advice here, and do some research within these forums, guaranteed that your plant will have new growth soon.
You need to give it some sort of food, even if you use a VERY WEAK (1/50th) nutrient solution in your next watering. that way the plants will get something other than water, *because they need to eat too!*

but definitely separate those two plants, and re-root the rotted one. It's going to take a LONG time to build sufficient roots though. And when you do root them, root them in soil, not in water. You may be tied up or something and forget to change the water or aerate the clones, etc.


Happy Growin',
James

[retro_killa]

Is distilled water really the way to go? I would think that you would want regular spring water, or even tap water, provided it is left to sit for a while so that any chlorine in it can evaporate.

Just my two cents.

The reason I am so anal on using distilled water is because I live in California where our tap water is super nasty. My pets also drink nothing but distilled water.

[Somora]

The problem is that distilled water has absolutely nothing in it. No minerals, no oxygen, no impurities whatsoever. That means that by watering your Sallies with distilled water, you could be depriving them of some nutrients. I guess that it would mostly depend on what else you do for your Sallies. All I know is that distilled water will kill fish. >_<  I know.

[drift]

The problem is that distilled water has absolutely nothing in it. No minerals, no oxygen, no impurities whatsoever. That means that by watering your Sallies with distilled water, you could be depriving them of some nutrients. I guess that it would mostly depend on what else you do for your Sallies. All I know is that distilled water will kill fish. >_<  I know.

I'm pretty sure there is oxygen in distilled water. As for no minerals and what not, that may suck for fish, but sally loves it. Combine that with some good nutes / ferts and your plant will be way better off than getting tap. If I wasn't a cheap bastard, I'd always give my plants distilled, but alas, I'm stuck using it on clones only.

[|if3]

lol @ drift, just use the 'distilled' shit from your fridge. That's what im using atm. If not, they're like 20$ and last a hella long time. 6-12 months or something. It's better than distilled imo.

Happy Growin',
James