Salvia Divinorum- Time to Topdress

With the sun getting hotter and the days drier no amount of fertilizer seems to make them grow. Not that i've given many just one application that didn't seem to reach the plants. Possibility of inability to take up nutrients is the heat and sun exposure too much.

If the plant is not growing it is under some duress. I will apply more shade but more importantly I will topdress the plants with another layer of peat moss.

This will cover old depleted soil with new soil. This will also allow a certain cover from the sun. If the roots are that much more guarded from heat and sun, which a layer will do, the plant should slowly come back to growing normally. If i don't topdress now i might foregoe flowering this fall. They won't have enough energy to create a flower pod. They will only have enough energy to sustain themselves.

So I'm off to topdress in the blistering heat.

Comments

[Synchronium]

What's the weather usually like in Oaxaca? I thought it would be pretty hot 'n' dry there all the time.

Perhaps not, if Salvia divinorum doesn't like that kind of weather.

[shelley young]

the thing is that we have to think about the translated weather. it might be hot and dry considering Oaxaca but the air is much more humid than dry and hot California in July or August. We have to make up for the dryness for over humidity due also to our really dry sunlight.
shelley

[Salvia divinorum]

I have heard that the humid climate will make your salvia plant grow faster. I’ll try it next time