I know summer is almost over. Shush. Everything is semi hydro, using the dosing rates suggested by the brilliant @[email protected] in a post here on Lemmy.
That's a nice spot of green in a concrete jungle
Thank you thank you. The turf tiles from Home Depot do a lot to clean up the space otherwise the balcony is this dull beige concrete. They were a little challenging to cut to the irregular shape of the floor, but worth it!
Great plant choice for what I'm assuming is a low light environment.
It’s actually a very bright balcony but it’s spared from the sun at noon in the summer. I have a bunch of caladiums so it’s kind of an experiment. I think these will start going dormant in a few weeks. Let’s see!
Sounds great! New plants growers always underestimate how much light a plants needs and is actually getting. Our eyes lie to us. Caladiums are a great experiment! Bet money they thrive with some direct light, yet spared noonday sun.
I planted some at my camp in the swamp. Even having 35-years of growing under my belt, I screwed up. Some straight died after two years of seriously low light, others are barely hanging in. Gotta dig them up and transplant next spring.
Don't know how cold it gets where you are, but I wait until low temps kill my elephant ears and caladiums to brown mush. Seems safe to dig up the bulbs after that. You can just move your planter inside! Very nice.
New York City can get cold, but not as cold as it used to when I was a kid. However, my place is on the 13th floor, so with the height the winds can make things nippy pretty fast. It'll be fun to see what happens. I have a few more caladium bulbs that I might start indoors in the winter, and try growing them in my aquarium or indoor pond for funsies.
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