I know summer is almost over. Shush. Everything is semi hydro, using the dosing rates suggested by the brilliant @Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net in a post here on Lemmy.
I know summer is almost over. Shush. Everything is semi hydro, using the dosing rates suggested by the brilliant @Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net in a post here on Lemmy.
Sounds great! New plants growers always underestimate how much light a plants needs and is actually getting. Our eyes lie to us. Caladiums are a great experiment! Bet money they thrive with some direct light, yet spared noonday sun.
I planted some at my camp in the swamp. Even having 35-years of growing under my belt, I screwed up. Some straight died after two years of seriously low light, others are barely hanging in. Gotta dig them up and transplant next spring.
Don’t know how cold it gets where you are, but I wait until low temps kill my elephant ears and caladiums to brown mush. Seems safe to dig up the bulbs after that. You can just move your planter inside! Very nice.
New York City can get cold, but not as cold as it used to when I was a kid. However, my place is on the 13th floor, so with the height the winds can make things nippy pretty fast. It’ll be fun to see what happens. I have a few more caladium bulbs that I might start indoors in the winter, and try growing them in my aquarium or indoor pond for funsies.