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Resources on caring for plants that keep dying? (hexbear.net)
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All my plants die after they start growing and I don't know why. I've tried controlling every factor that I can although without a thermometer, higrometer, pH measuring etc. I even have a shitty microscope that I try to analyse the sick parts, but I can't find any reliable resources on how to actually interpret what I'm seeing. I want to know how to use this kind of data so that I can raise my plants right.

Where can I learn about this? I mean diagnosing problems, monitoring variables, finding solutions to each situation etc. google obviously sucks and gives nothing of substance

I will say that I recently got a new substrate, maybe the old one was the problem. But then there's my mother-in-law, who raises beautiful lavenders and all that using the exact same soil I'm getting shitty results with. I'm literally not doing anything different to her, so maybe it's the water? I really don't know.

Edit: in fact, the lush lavender ๐Ÿชป she is currently flexing is a piece of the one my partner bought. Same plant, same soil.

Edit 2: also, the roots always look alright when I dig their cadavers to analyze. No parasites, insects, obvious fungi etc in any part of any plant so far.

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[โ€“] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A number of municipal water systems now use chloramine to disinfect, which is far more stable. Aquarium heads don't really use the "let the water rest" trick anymore

[โ€“] plinky@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

damn:( boiling water still might help tho or not?

[โ€“] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

speaking as a layperson, I didn't think boiling is very effective either. I use a reverse osmosis filtration system for my aquarium water.

[โ€“] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Aquarium heads don't really use the "let the water rest" trick anymore

(Reading this thread a month late but)

Why doesn't this trick work anymore? Does chloramine not dissipate like chlorine?

[โ€“] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep, chloramine is much more stable which is why municipalities are using it in favor of chlorine

[โ€“] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

I see that's interesting. My municipality still uses chlorine, I just checked, so I'll continue letting the water stand as I hear it's better for some plants like ferns