GardenFaerie
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Re: Watch This Flux - 1st 420 Outdoor Fluxing - Presents Fluxy Lady - Fully Restraine
Okay everybody, SPREAD OUT! I missed a few days in here somewhere and wasn't able to catch up so I need to go back a little bit.
What is the reason you are being told to transplant your fluxy mama? What is the supposed problem with the soil in the container? What is leading to this conclusion to xplant it into either the ground, another pot or grow bag? Please answer these questions and maybe I can help.
I will say this much, you do live on the ocean. You may not feel it or see it, but you do have salt spray constantly in the air. I know because my mother lives on the ocean on Long Island. She has to have plants native to the beach or she has constant trouble. Finally she has a good landscape architect, but that is another story...
So, salt spray may be hampering your plant...enough to cause stress. I can tell you like I did before, NEVER xplant a plant when it is in recovery or under any stress. It is simply not good horticultural practices. Since the plant is showing new growth, it obviously is recovering from whatever it was. THAT leads me to think it was nothing in the soil, nothing in the fertilizers, but it was something about the temperature or wind or some other outdoor thing. I could be completely wrong, but I am not wrong about transplanting it.
One more thing on transplanting (xplanting): I know Tassie said to do it when the plant is dry, but this is not a good idea. Sorry to be the thorn all the time. I don't mean it to be bossy or bitchy. I truly only make a statement if I think it will be useful. When you transplant any plant, no matter how large (even trees) the root ball needs to be fully moist, even a bit wet. The reason is, if you put a dry root ball in the ground, no matter how much you water that plant you will never be able to saturate that root ball ever again. The surrounding water in the hole you dig, after you back fill the hole with soil will wick the water away from the root ball, forever. I have seen so many trees die this way. Putting a plant that large into the ground is a massive undertaking. Unless I am oversizing that pot. I remember once you weighed it and said the plant and soil were about 90 pounds. Right?
Answer the questions above so I better know why it has been suggested you xplant it.
Okay everybody, SPREAD OUT! I missed a few days in here somewhere and wasn't able to catch up so I need to go back a little bit.
What is the reason you are being told to transplant your fluxy mama? What is the supposed problem with the soil in the container? What is leading to this conclusion to xplant it into either the ground, another pot or grow bag? Please answer these questions and maybe I can help.
I will say this much, you do live on the ocean. You may not feel it or see it, but you do have salt spray constantly in the air. I know because my mother lives on the ocean on Long Island. She has to have plants native to the beach or she has constant trouble. Finally she has a good landscape architect, but that is another story...
So, salt spray may be hampering your plant...enough to cause stress. I can tell you like I did before, NEVER xplant a plant when it is in recovery or under any stress. It is simply not good horticultural practices. Since the plant is showing new growth, it obviously is recovering from whatever it was. THAT leads me to think it was nothing in the soil, nothing in the fertilizers, but it was something about the temperature or wind or some other outdoor thing. I could be completely wrong, but I am not wrong about transplanting it.
One more thing on transplanting (xplanting): I know Tassie said to do it when the plant is dry, but this is not a good idea. Sorry to be the thorn all the time. I don't mean it to be bossy or bitchy. I truly only make a statement if I think it will be useful. When you transplant any plant, no matter how large (even trees) the root ball needs to be fully moist, even a bit wet. The reason is, if you put a dry root ball in the ground, no matter how much you water that plant you will never be able to saturate that root ball ever again. The surrounding water in the hole you dig, after you back fill the hole with soil will wick the water away from the root ball, forever. I have seen so many trees die this way. Putting a plant that large into the ground is a massive undertaking. Unless I am oversizing that pot. I remember once you weighed it and said the plant and soil were about 90 pounds. Right?
Answer the questions above so I better know why it has been suggested you xplant it.
how you been? lets see your girl that is restrained! have you heard SNAP yet? 
. Let me tell you an off topic joke. I'm looking at homes when I see one with a cinder block shed in the back yard that had electrical and water. I didn't even realize the house was 25 years old. LOL I almost lost my mind, called the realtor and so I could send some one over to look at it as it's in another state until my better half shot me down because she didn't like the carpet inside the house. But it has a shed with electric. LOL. So it go's.
where did you learn that information? BAR 
