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 🪻 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.
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
damn:( boiling water still might help tho or not?
speaking as a layperson, I didn’t think boiling is very effective either. I use a reverse osmosis filtration system for my aquarium water.
(Reading this thread a month late but)
Why doesn’t this trick work anymore? Does chloramine not dissipate like chlorine?
Yep, chloramine is much more stable which is why municipalities are using it in favor of chlorine
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