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fergus banana · 07-02-2009, 02:00 PM

i gave up on the soil to hydro thingie.

i tried with 2 plants and they died. it is kinda funny, cause everywhere i read they are like, just wash off as much soil as you can and the plant will be fine. yeah right.

i actually rinsed with water and hydrogen peroxide numerous times before the transition and did just about everything to make it work, but the roots just rotted out something awful.

i noticed that the base of the corm just turned black and necrotic. at one point i trimmed off about half the corm and let the plant bubble in water, anti-fungal/rooting powder and a bit of nutrient. he actually started to grow with this combination, so i switched him into a rockwool cube to try and get the roots growing. from that point, growth of the leaf and the roots ceased, so i just gave up.

what a nightmare!!!

i may try again in the future, but i am still recovering from the mental anguish of it all.

Rock n roll!

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