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Cultivation => Cultivation Problems => Topic started by: fenius on November 13, 2013, 05:40:37 PM

Title: dianthus myrtinervius
Post by: fenius on November 13, 2013, 05:40:37 PM
It was an impulse buy and now I can't seem to find much info on how to grow it in a pot, (as always..) does anyone have any advice??It does't seem to agree w/the baggie it came in, it looks too wet!
Title: Re: dianthus myrtinervius
Post by: Maggi Young on November 13, 2013, 05:52:00 PM
I would think it would be quite happy outside with you in Greece - but if you want to keep it in a pot then don't leave it somewhere it will be fried alive in the heat.
In the ground or in a pot it will prefer a "lean" soil - that is to say, one with not too many nutrients - so no extra food. In nature I believe it prefers poor stony soils.
Title: Re: dianthus myrtinervius
Post by: fenius on November 13, 2013, 08:00:48 PM
thanks maggi :)
Title: Re: dianthus myrtinervius
Post by: Maggi Young on November 13, 2013, 08:24:42 PM
I should have said that it is almost certainly too wet at the moment, by your description.

Good idea to take cuttings each year and look for seed, too, since a lot of these pretty little Dianthus are a bit short- lived.
Title: Re: dianthus myrtinervius
Post by: fenius on December 07, 2013, 01:42:26 AM
Happy to report that after looking really sad and shriveled to the point I almost tossed it, now I see new leaves all over!
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