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need help with Peace Lily
Has anyone succesfully tranferred Peace Lily plants to a Grow Stone medium? Instructions I read were to soak the Grow Stone, then drain. Fill the pot with Grow Stone and then place the Peace Lily (dirt removed). 2 inches of water at the bottom of the pot, and then make sure the roots don't actually go down into the water. I suspect my Peace Lily's still died of root rot. Any advice?
On a side note, why is it that you can take a Peace Lily and grow it in a vase of water (with no other medium) and it will not die of root rot? Whereas you overwet a medium, and it is more prone to root rot? Is it because in the water-only medium, it's harder for bacteria to thrive? |
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Hello odie91,
I'm not sure if I'm understanding you correctly. Were you trying to transfer the plant into a hydroponic system, or just a container with grow stones and 2 inches of water in the bottom? If it's the later, I wasn't there to see how you did it and how moist the grow rocks were, but I would suspect the plant died from dehydration. With all the water at the bottom and the grow rocks drying out, the roots wouldn't be able to get any moisture. Quote:
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Hi, so I was doing the "latter". I was trying to do the setup as detailed on this website:
https://publiclab.org/wiki/diy-indoo...emediation-kit My understanding was the GrowStone would pull the water up by capillary action to feed the roots. I never got past the acclimation phase, so the plant died before I got to the air pump addition. My assessment that it was root rot was based just from past experience where I've killed Peace Lily's by overwatering in soil, and seeing its characteristics. The roots were a slimy mush. But maybe I'm wrong and it was dehydration as you suggest. Any other advice would be appreciated. For my second go around I was just going to transplant a Peace Lily into straight water and let it acclimate, then go to the Hydro Stone. Not sure if there's any logic to this but......... |
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