- #LEGGY WATERMELON SEEDLINGS CRACKED#
- #LEGGY WATERMELON SEEDLINGS PRO#
- #LEGGY WATERMELON SEEDLINGS CRACK#
#LEGGY WATERMELON SEEDLINGS CRACKED#
Please don't give up on your Watermelon Peperomia! It is possible to get those glorious big shiny, smooth leaves without curled, split, cracked edges. Calcium also helps plants handle environmental stress better when other conditions aren't perfect. It's no good giving your Watermelon Peperomia crazy amounts of calcium if the other essentials are out of whack, as a deficiency in other nutrients can prevent your plant from absorbing the calcium it needs. If you've tried dolomite lime by itself, but haven't seen a big difference in the new growth (remember you can't fix old growth), that might be because your plant's missing the other nutrients.
#LEGGY WATERMELON SEEDLINGS PRO#
My 2 favourite fertilisers with calcium are Dyna-Gro Foliage Pro and GT Foliage Focus or GT Complete Focus (their Complete Focus formula has the highest calcium level of them all, at 100ppm vs Dyna-Gro which is around 20ppm depending on dose). In the end the combo of an immediate calcium boost from dolomite lime, combined with changing to a fertiliser that had calcium in it did the trick. I tried watered-down milk, and eggshells, but my Watermelon Peperomia was still a problem child. Some leaves had weird, almost deformed shapes too. I fixed everything else, which definitely helped, but still got small, curled, cracked leaves. This was the final key for my Watermelon Peperomia. Try a move to somewhere brighter, but make sure sun won’t directly hit the leaves or you could be dealing with crispy sunburned leaves instead. If light’s too low, stems can get long & leggy, new leaves can come in small, leaves can curl, and variegation can change. To keep an eye on those top temps, get your plants one of these mini temperature gauges.īright indirect light is ideal for a happy Watermelon Peperomia.
#LEGGY WATERMELON SEEDLINGS CRACK#
Leaves can split, crack and curl if things heat up too much, especially combined with dry substrate or dry air. Around 18 to 25 degrees during the day, ideally not below 15 at night. Warm is good when you're a Watermelon Peperomia. If the humidity often drops below 50%, even a small humidifier will make a big difference (I use the H2O cordless plant humidifiers), and the rest of your plants will likely love the extra humidity too. You should be able to pick up one of those little digital ones that check temperature and humidity for around $10,like these 2 in 1 meters in a few colours. The average heated home however drops to around 30% in winter.īut before you rush to get your plants a plant humidifier, you can check humidity using a hygrometer.
Maintaining an average of 50% to 60% is great, and the same range most of our tropical indoor plants are happy in. Especially in winter when heating sucks the moisture out of the air. You don’t need to go overboard, as too much water or humidity can cause leaf or root rot. If you’re not underwatering, dry air could be causing those cracked, split edges. They're small and stay put in your soil, changing colour from blue to white when it's time to water.īut if you want to save your pennies for your plants (I'm all about that), get yourself a cheap 3-in-1 analog water meter that you can move from plant to plant, or a digital water meter that you can shift from plant to plant (I like the Crew Soil Sensor ones), that flash a different colour depending on how moist the soil is. Those colour-changing Sustee water meters are fantastic if budget allows. If in doubt, get a water meter to check moisture at root level. Kept in a bright, warm spot (which they love), they need watering more frequently than you might think. Remember water, light and heat go together. Sure, let the soil dry out on top, but not all the way down! Left too dry for too long, Watermelon Peperomia leaves can droop and curl to conserve water. Watermelon Peperomia retain water well in their leaves and stems, but being scared of overwatering means you might be underwatering (hands up on this one for me, I was definitely guilty of this at first).
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