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To: Lera

My wife repotted the plant, but we usually add too much rock to the bottom of the plants to build in drainage and to keep the containers from blowing over in windstorms. I think we will pull it up and check it tomorrow. Thanks for the advice.


115 posted on 05/25/2013 7:46:56 PM PDT by rightly_dividing (I can't seem to keep a tagline; don't know where they go to.)
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To: rightly_dividing
My wife repotted the plant, but we usually add too much rock to the bottom of the plants to build in drainage and to keep the containers from blowing over in windstorms. I think we will pull it up and check it tomorrow. Thanks for the advice.

If you are using regular potting soil try adding a bunch of perlite to it . A slightly larger pot would be good too as you can make it drain really well without it completely drying out much easier than with a tiny pot:)

I am surrounded by citrus trees . To give you an idea of the soil type they grow in and how well drained it is ... we got 4 inches of rain in a few hours a couple of days ago and when the rain stopped there was not a drop of standing water on the ground . Citrus grows in almost pure sand here .

When their feet are too wet they start to look washed out and it kind of mimics a nitrogen deficiency in other plants.

116 posted on 05/25/2013 8:10:04 PM PDT by Lera (Proverbs 29:2)
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