dtrypt
13.7 Billion Year Old Noob
Hey there
I over-watered my beautiful salvia before I visited my mother in another city. Got home to a dead brown mess, bar a single leaf and two microscopic leaf sprouts at the bottom where the last hint of green was rotting. The only node was on the bottom leaf. The stem was less than 2mm wide. It was a tiny piece of plant.
I cut as far as I could from the brown main stem and decided to stick it in clean, wet perlite. As sure as hell, it grew some rooty hair and I potted it. And held thumbs.
It's been 8 months since and she is still going! But not strong. The stem is still at its thickest about 4mm, so no possibility of standing up by itself, especially at 30cm/1 foot high and growing, so I have made a trellis and use a bamboo skewer to keep her up. I doubt I'd be able to coax it into becoming a creeper
It has dropped half a gram of dry leaf over the past 8 months, so easy does it. Not like I'm compelled towards visiting Sally space the way I am to spice/harmala mixes.
Is there any hope for this plant? The leaves start oval and then become narrow, yet there is now signs of branching at the second node. But it couldn't support a very long branch.
I'm not giving up on this little fighter, but would love some input from experienced growers.
Here are pics from the front and back of the plant. (Apologies, pics won't display in post)
I over-watered my beautiful salvia before I visited my mother in another city. Got home to a dead brown mess, bar a single leaf and two microscopic leaf sprouts at the bottom where the last hint of green was rotting. The only node was on the bottom leaf. The stem was less than 2mm wide. It was a tiny piece of plant.
I cut as far as I could from the brown main stem and decided to stick it in clean, wet perlite. As sure as hell, it grew some rooty hair and I potted it. And held thumbs.
It's been 8 months since and she is still going! But not strong. The stem is still at its thickest about 4mm, so no possibility of standing up by itself, especially at 30cm/1 foot high and growing, so I have made a trellis and use a bamboo skewer to keep her up. I doubt I'd be able to coax it into becoming a creeper
It has dropped half a gram of dry leaf over the past 8 months, so easy does it. Not like I'm compelled towards visiting Sally space the way I am to spice/harmala mixes.
Is there any hope for this plant? The leaves start oval and then become narrow, yet there is now signs of branching at the second node. But it couldn't support a very long branch.
I'm not giving up on this little fighter, but would love some input from experienced growers.
Here are pics from the front and back of the plant. (Apologies, pics won't display in post)