Curly Jade Plant is currently my favourite plant. It was the first plant I purchased after moving to London but this is not the only reason I love this plant.
I couldn’t water the plant for 3 months when I went to Korea. Naturally, I saw that the plant had almost dried up on my return. I watered the plant and it came back! It survived! I think this is why I cherish this plant even more.
It also grows well. The weak parts of the leaves recovered and the plant became bigger and bigger. I can literally see the difference every week.
31 March
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7 May
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29 May
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7 July
Leaves became bigger than my thumb !
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I found this baby growth from the surface of the soil and I moved this to a small pot. But it died because it was left under direct sunlight.
Yesterday morning, I got an email from Patch saying that my order is on the way and will be delivered on Saturday, 27th of March! I didn’t expect the plants to come in this week because when I checked the order status a few days ago, the estimated delivery date changed from 6-8 days to 14-18 days (I ordered the plants last Saturday, 10th of March). So I gave up expecting it to be delivered soon. Anyway, It was too good to be true. I got an another email from Patch in the afternoon saying that there’s some problem at their packing facility in the Netherlands so they temporarily close the facility for a few days which meant there will be a delay in delivering. They said they couldn’t be certain how long the delay will be. I was so disappointed.
On Saturday morning, I was woken up by a door bell. Somehow it was Patch! So I was waiting for the delivery man to go because they do non-contact delivery. I wanted to open the door so quick but I waited. I didn’t want to make an awkward situation but he kept ringing the door bell so I opened the door, said hi and I got my plants!
Here are the additions to my family
This is Lucky Heart / Love Heart plant (Botanical name: Hoya kerri). It’s so small and so lovely!
I didn’t expect it to be this small. It was surprisingly small and cute. I changed the pot to a slightly bigger one so it can grow well.
This is Zanzibar Gem (Zz plant). I bought the 60-70 cm one. It’s the tallest plant in my house XD
This is Phlebodium Aureum. I’m in love with this plant. It’s beautiful.
This is Calathea Orbifolia (Prayer Plant). It’s unique and beautiful plant but I’m a bit disappointed with the quality of the plant. It’s my forth order form Patch and the plants I received today had the worst quality out of all previous orders. Phlebodium aureum and Calathea Orbifolia have brown-ish leaves and there are weird marks on leaves as you can see from the picture. Also It looks vulnerable.
Anyway, I will study these plants to grow them well. I don’t want to be a pro plant killer this time.
I bought a grow light recently for my drooping Norfolk Island Pine and I wondered how do LED grow lights work and does it really work?
A grow light is an artificial light which provides a light spectrum similar to the sun.
There are various types of grow lights which are High pressure sodium (HPS), Fluorescent grow lights, Metal halide (MH), High intensity discharge (HID), etc.
High pressure sodium (HPS) lights have been traditionally used to grow flowers and fruit because they produce an extremely bright light which draws most of the red and orange spectra in the colour spectrum.
Fluorescent grow lights are for seedlings and plants that require low levels of light.
Metal halide (MH) grow lights provide a white light which simulates the natural sunlight. MH is good at supporting the earlier developmental stages to promote stronger roots, better resistance against disease in all types of plants.
LEDs (Light Emitting Diode) comes in variety of colors in visible, infrared and ultraviolet spectral ranges. So different colour LEDs are mixed in proportions depending on the intended use.
It is known that green, red, far-red and blue light spectra have an effect on root and flower formation and plant growth. It has been proved that many plants can grow normally if they are given red and blue light.
I bought Roleadro Plant Grow Light from Amazon because it provides the essential red and blue spectra and the quality is good for the price as well.
I’ve been using this light for two days and there hasn’t been any changes yet but I will see what happens.
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