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My rue plant is partially yellow
I have a number of rue pots, maybe half of which have the yellow leaves. I just noticed that the yellow ones appear to have many more earthworms around their roots than the blue-green leafed ones. We ...
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What are the white nodules on my Peperomia Polybotrya, near where the leaves fell off?
They are harmless. They are sites where roots could grow and are called adventitious roots. The definition from the article is
plant roots that form from any nonroot tissue and are produced both
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messy curry leaf plant
The brown stuff on the underside of the leaf is “scale insect”. Unfortunately, curry leaves are prone to this. You can gently remove them with soap and water and then treat them with SB Plant ...
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What to do if too many seedlings are in the same pot?
Thinning seedlings is standard practice, as is planting too many seeds either because they are tiny and hard to handle or because you're not sure of the germination rate. If the seedlings are very ...
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Can I feed Nepenthes pitcher plant meat?
they consume insects and sometimes small amphibians...other than that no meat. it can cause rot and fungi
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What to do if too many seedlings are in the same pot?
I've never grown cacti, but in general, transplanting seedlings once there is a pair of true leaves is helpful, in preventing damp-off and legginess.
You can tease the seedlings apart gently with a ...
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What to do if too many seedlings are in the same pot?
Replanting them all is a great idea, but usually if I just need to thin I prefer to cut (or pinch) them off, in order to avoid disturbing the roots of those I am leaving.
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What to do if too many seedlings are in the same pot?
I basically second willyjoker's answer(+1).
The three options:
Leave them be. None will likely develop into a mature plant.
Replant. Some will die, some will survive. Some people advise to wait for ...
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What to do if too many seedlings are in the same pot?
You seem to have more than a hundred seedlings overall. Are you willing to grow every single one of them into adult plants? I'm assuming not. If that's the case, you'll be discarding them at a later ...
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