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Posted: Apr/06/2008 7:04 PM PST
I was gifted this houseplant on Friday. We have plants at work that are cared for once a week by a very nice lady. She gave me this plant, I assume because it was so tired looking. She has so many plants like this(tired) at her house that she is happy to give one away. She had brought a new one in to replace this tired one. It was in an 8in x 6in pot. Since there were so many stems in the pot I decided to transplant it. When I tipped out the plant and soil, I was very surprised to find that there were hardly any roots. I could see where they had been, around the edge of the pot and in the soil, but they were almost completely disintegrated. The longest live roots were only 2inches long. I don't know if they were burnt by fertilizer or what. I could see that some new roots were starting to grow here and there. I gently brushed the soil off of each piece of the plant (5) and sprinkled the small roots with some rootone powder. I placed them all in the new pot with some new soil that has time release fertilizer in it. Then I put it outside in the shade and watered it and gently sprayed off the leaves. After it drained I brought it back inside. It looks a bit sparse right now but I am pretty sure it will perk up even more and have some new growth before long. I think its called a Chinese Evergreen, please correct me if I am wrong. Attachments:   |
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Posted: Apr/06/2008 7:18 PM PST
Yup its a CE. I rescued mine from Wal*Mart a few months ago. It was in pretty good shape, but needed to be repotted badly. It had taken off and is about half again as big as it was when I took this picture. I love them because they need low light, and thats about all I have in the house. Attachments:  |
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Posted: Apr/06/2008 7:32 PM PST
Yours looks good lil. I am glad to know that it needs low light. Maybe after it starts looking better I can put it somewhere it will get seen more. |
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Posted: Apr/07/2008 4:22 AM PST
They certainly are pretty plants. Haven't heard of Chinese evergreen plants before nor have I seen them for sale here. Probably haven't looked hard enough  .
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Posted: Apr/07/2008 3:43 PM PST
Ahem!! Wal-Mart here in my hometown, has alot of plants that need rescuing!! 
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Posted: Apr/09/2008 3:24 PM PST
Chinese evergreens are great plants. I think for a while there that Dieffenbachia became far more popular--ie. far more commonly seen. The 2 are a lot alike. As for the lack of roots...maybe you're plants are simply in the process of growing roots.CE become leggy with age. At that point, to make them look nice and bushy again, some folks cut off the tops and stick them back in the soil as cuttings. They root very readily. (I bummed a branch from a nice looking plant and stck it in a pebble pot...it grew roots within a couple weeks.) |
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Posted: Apr/29/2008 7:40 PM PST
Yep-chinese evergreen-Lack of roots due to overwatering (I know, I've killed a few-can't help myself ) Will survive in low light-prefers filtered light-not cold hardy. Beautiful when well cared for-sometimes I'm good, sometimes I kill! 
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