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Resources on caring for plants that keep dying? (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net to c/gardening@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€“] plinky@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

if things work out, later you don't need to recheck it that frequently, the finger check is mainly seasonal/plants needs/pot size adjustment, to see that plant has water, so like you check in 2 days after watering and soil still moist, then you wait for next day, if it's dry, then you learn you need to water every 3 days, if it's not - then you learn to water even rarer or use less water. (all pending that plant looks healthy of course, small palm trees don't like moist soil for example, and start to lose firmness in leafs, but more shadow loving plants love water)

[โ€“] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks a lot ๐Ÿ˜ธ