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Posts posted by paul oberman
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5 minutes ago, Stubby said:
Its not dead yet . Have a look on google to see what are the best conditions for MP and try to emulate those .
Thanks so much. I cut off the horizontal branch, but have brought it inside to get it out of the heat. I wonder how long it will take to come out of shock
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I am in california and ordered this Monkey Puzzle online.
It was very small but grew quite well.
After it got to about half this size, I moved it outside. It continued to grow well.
At one point I began to see small webs on it. I think they were spider mites. I washed it in dish soap.
Then it began to get hot, which in california is pretty serious. There was some brown, but it didn't look serious. I did see more webs. I got some neem oil.
I noticed that after some rain, the dirt didn't seem to dry and it was looking much worse. When it got almost this bad, I unpotted it and replaced the soil with fresh potting mix. There has always been drainage rocks on bottom.
Yesterday I moved it inside. I topped off the dead top, but didn't want to make any more cuts, until i had a path forward.
I am pretty sure it is too late, but what steps would you take in a last effort?
Also, what conditions should i try to maintain. eg. sun, soil moisture, etc....
i should have done this much sooner.... kicking myself
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My thought was to switch the soil out for cactus potting soil, to maximize drainage. I am also looking at getting a ph meter to make sure i am not too high