Eco Friendly Fertilizers...

[Yak]

Hibiscus
Hi Everyone, thank you for taking the time to Reading my thread and in advance, thank you for those willing to answer objectively as I value your time.
I purchased a Hibiscus plant from (Insert here a big chain store that carries nursery material) and the plant was doing great since day one, especially since I also purchased a tropic sun 5500K daylight to go in my 6 month old, panther chameleon, in addition to his ReptiGlo 5.0uvb
Please bear with me and feel free to ask in case I missed anything. Since this is a plant related issue I am not providing the full scope about the chameleon, however I may answer anything that comes to mind, anyone thinks it is of relevance.
Continuing, about the plant. The plant was doing fine, but I noticed “Kammy” (the chameleon) developed a habit of going to the plant every mornig and noticing when was eating dirt, after he manually removed all the rocks covering the dirt. Days later I discovered pin worms out of his butt, so I added the dots.
I went ahead and decided to reuse the other plant in the garden outside; as I was repotting it I noticed lots of redworms and some eggs of some sort, orange a bit smaller than salmon eggs… Whatever they were I removed them and re planted in new soil. The plant didn’t like the new soil and it’s sort of weak now.
I bought a new plant for the enclosure two weeks ago; it appeared as healthy as the previous one before replantation. This new one I replanted it using Eco Earth.
The plant is progressively withering, and although it isn’t dead yet I see the leaves yellowing and basically looking all sad.
Is there an organic form to add some form of fertilization? I suspect Eco Earth has zero to none nutrients…
I honestly don’t know…

Thanks again

 

[Mike Fisher]

I would avoid any pelletized fertilizers and use a liquid one instead. I like organic fertilizers in the garden, but i would not use them in an enclosure. Most stink to high hell. If you've ever used fish emulsion, you'll know what I mean.

I would use a liquid fertilizer, but smell it first. It should not have a smell. I use miracle-gro. Make sure your cham can't get at the soil afterwards.

 

[Texas Ranger]

I take whole pecans and crush the shell and all up and mix it into the top layer of dirt. That makes very good plant food for mine. I learned that from my grandmother a long time ago she had house plains that were giants in her house and that's all she ever gave them to keep them growing and healthy.

 

[CarlC]

What kind of plant is the other plant? It could just be shocked from being brought inside. A lot of plants go through a leaf drop period after being brought inside and kept under artificial light. Give it a couple of weeks and it will start new growth.

Carl

 

[Yak]

I would avoid any pelletized fertilizers and use a liquid one instead. I like organic fertilizers in the garden, but i would not use them in an enclosure. Most stink to high hell. If you've ever used fish emulsion, you'll know what I mean.

I would use a liquid fertilizer, but smell it first. It should not have a smell. I use miracle-gro. Make sure your cham can't get at the soil afterwards.

Thanks Mike.
Hey are you going to the Sacramento show

 

[Yak]

I take whole pecans and crush the shell and all up and mix it into the top layer of dirt. That makes very good plant food for mine. I learned that from my grandmother a long time ago she had house plains that were giants in her house and that's all she ever gave them to keep them growing and healthy.

Great thank you I should try that

 

[Yak]

What kind of plant is the other plant? It could just be shocked from being brought inside. A lot of plants go through a leaf drop period after being brought inside and kept under artificial light. Give it a couple of weeks and it will start new growth.

Carl

I Carl
Its a Hibiscus again, I also have a pothos.