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Update - Mulanje HP - early budding in progress - some closeups
Greetings 420 enthusiasts! And I should point out that here in the Southern Hemisphere it is already 420 day! Yay!
This post is an update on the Mulanje HP (check for previous post above for my update on the Mulanje Sherbert). I am convinced now that I over watered the plant which most likely gave it root issues and following on from that, nutrient access issues that showed in the leaves. I am sure now that is also what happened to the Mulanje I grew last year, it was the biggest plant of that grow and it would wilt again a couple of hours after being watered and so I would water again to relieve it and then later it would again wilt and like a drongo I'd run off for the watering can.
What I posit happened is the high radiant heat coming off the heated stone tiles of the balcony (I have measured it as exceeding 50C or 122F), plus hot days of direct sun and dry winds caused the leaves to wilt because the plant couldn't keep up with the demand from it's large horizontal canopy (4.5 feet across). So I was watering a pot that didn't need it (beside nursing a hernia, it is hard to get under the pot to lift it when the canopy extends so far out), the issue I am guessing is because of the hot drying environment on a plant that has been trained out to be fairly big horizontally which then causes it to become a bit of a struggle for the plant to supply the outer leaves so they temporarily wilt until the sun goes down and takes the pressure off the plant.
In future I will just do 1 watering a day or less. I have no doubt that minor wilting won't be an issue but would probably contribute to a nice droughting effect.
Originally I hexlined this plant with growing out 3 node pairs. After its watering 'shock', it grew out 2 new stems from it's base. 5 of the original stems started drying off, so I chopped them off leaving the 2 new stems and 1 old one that was resurrecting itself.
Once the 5 old dying stems were removed, the remaining plant appears quite good, a nice green, I have added no nutrition, just let it use up the water in the pot. To me, its appearance gives no reason to suspect the soil is bad or compromised. And even the originally plants grew for many months looking green and good, so I still think the soil is quite fine.
Some foliage and budding pics
Some closeup pics
Thanks for dropping in, and wishing all well! 
Greetings 420 enthusiasts! And I should point out that here in the Southern Hemisphere it is already 420 day! Yay!
This post is an update on the Mulanje HP (check for previous post above for my update on the Mulanje Sherbert). I am convinced now that I over watered the plant which most likely gave it root issues and following on from that, nutrient access issues that showed in the leaves. I am sure now that is also what happened to the Mulanje I grew last year, it was the biggest plant of that grow and it would wilt again a couple of hours after being watered and so I would water again to relieve it and then later it would again wilt and like a drongo I'd run off for the watering can.
What I posit happened is the high radiant heat coming off the heated stone tiles of the balcony (I have measured it as exceeding 50C or 122F), plus hot days of direct sun and dry winds caused the leaves to wilt because the plant couldn't keep up with the demand from it's large horizontal canopy (4.5 feet across). So I was watering a pot that didn't need it (beside nursing a hernia, it is hard to get under the pot to lift it when the canopy extends so far out), the issue I am guessing is because of the hot drying environment on a plant that has been trained out to be fairly big horizontally which then causes it to become a bit of a struggle for the plant to supply the outer leaves so they temporarily wilt until the sun goes down and takes the pressure off the plant.
In future I will just do 1 watering a day or less. I have no doubt that minor wilting won't be an issue but would probably contribute to a nice droughting effect.
Originally I hexlined this plant with growing out 3 node pairs. After its watering 'shock', it grew out 2 new stems from it's base. 5 of the original stems started drying off, so I chopped them off leaving the 2 new stems and 1 old one that was resurrecting itself.
Once the 5 old dying stems were removed, the remaining plant appears quite good, a nice green, I have added no nutrition, just let it use up the water in the pot. To me, its appearance gives no reason to suspect the soil is bad or compromised. And even the originally plants grew for many months looking green and good, so I still think the soil is quite fine.
Some foliage and budding pics
Some closeup pics
Happy belated 420 Stunger!
. She’s just a late bloomer 
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