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Need Help with My Swedish Ivy (Creeping Charley)
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Posted by Surobbro WestLosAngeles (My Page) on Sat, Jul 17, 04 at 3:33
| I have two small (4" pots) Swedish Ivys (Creeping Charlies) in my kitchen. One of them is doing great, lots of growth, dark green & shiny. The other is in the same type of soil, gets the same ammt. of watering, but is very yellow.
I was thinking of transplanting them, but not sure if they like to be root bound or like space at the bottom with soil.
I have searched the net, but can't seem to find out why this is happening. They both get the same light; western, on the open window of my kitchen window sill; only a couple of hours a day of direct light.
I have thought of taking the yellowing one out of the soil, and just putting it directly in water. I've done this with other house plants that were not doing well, and they turned a dark green.
Any suggestion??
Help!
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RE: Need Help with My Swedish Ivy (Creeping Charley)
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| You might want to check the Houseplant forum for more and better responses. I also have one of these and had it rooting in water for who knows how long, to the point where the leaves were not only yellow, but were turning pink-white. LOL I finally got around to potting it in some Promix soil, and it finally got darker green. I have it sitting under my 200W table lamp. They seem to need ALOT of direct artificial or alot of indirect (filtered, eg., behind sheer curtains) sun... at least from what I've observed from people growing them in hanging baskets for years. Some people have been able acclimatize theirs to more direct sun in a window. Also, they seem to like to have their soil dry a bit before watering again. I think keeping the soil too moist can mean stem rot (since the stems are so fleshy). Too dry and they really droop. |
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