It’s been a month since I wrote the last post so I’m going to do an update on my plants !
I recently got more plants and they are moonstones pachyphytum, variegated rubber plant, corn plant (it was a my birthday present!) and a lot of seeds.
However there is a bad news that my Norfolk pine died. I did everything I could do, such as, using plant light, repotting, changing soil but it died.
I will upload everything one by one.
I bought XLUX Soil Moisture Meter from Amazon a few days ago.
It was always confusing to check the soil with my finger or a wooden stick. This product will help me a lot because it shows the level of moisture beneath the surface.
It’s really easy to use.
1.Insert the probe of the meter to the plants’ root level.
2.Note the moisture level in the dial which has ten scales.
3.Remove the probe from soil and wipe clean after each use.
It shows the moisture level from 1 to 10 (1-3 dry, 4-7 moist, 8-10 wet)
I checked my plants with this. It’s the Calathea Orbifolia plant which was watered in the morning.
It’s the Scots Pine tree and I watered this yesterday.
It’s the Phlebodium Aureum plant. It likes moisture at all times so I watered this plant after checking this meter which is showing a level of 3.
I really like this product. It’s so clear to read and makes caring for plants so much easier.
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
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.
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