Hi,
OK, so first of all, it's probably all my fault, because of not enough research, but anyway...I planted one rhizome about 3 months ago using some regular soil from Home Depot, nothing fancy, not the cheapest one neither.
First question: should I have planted more rhizomes?
Second thing I may have done incorrectly - I buried them quite deep, I would say 3-3.5in.
Second question: should I move the rhizome higher or just don't touch it at this point?
It started growing pretty nicely. I have it on my (California) patio, so there's plenty of burning sun. At the beginning it was in the sun all the time and it didn't look like it's to dry and hot, there were even some mushrooms (bad sign?) that were growing for like a day or two. After a month or two the leafs started drying out and became yellow. I moved the pot to shade and begun watering even more.
Third question: Should it be in the shade? I read that they should have as much sun as possible, but on the other hand it looks like they would just dry out completely.
So right now, in the shade it looks a little better and there is a stem growing from the other side of the rhizome (you can see it behind the main one)
Here's the picture of how they look right now:
Any suggestions are welcome, what should I do with the sun, how much should I water? In the mornings or in the evenings? Should I use some fertilizer?
Thanks!
OK, so first of all, it's probably all my fault, because of not enough research, but anyway...I planted one rhizome about 3 months ago using some regular soil from Home Depot, nothing fancy, not the cheapest one neither.
First question: should I have planted more rhizomes?
Second thing I may have done incorrectly - I buried them quite deep, I would say 3-3.5in.
Second question: should I move the rhizome higher or just don't touch it at this point?
It started growing pretty nicely. I have it on my (California) patio, so there's plenty of burning sun. At the beginning it was in the sun all the time and it didn't look like it's to dry and hot, there were even some mushrooms (bad sign?) that were growing for like a day or two. After a month or two the leafs started drying out and became yellow. I moved the pot to shade and begun watering even more.
Third question: Should it be in the shade? I read that they should have as much sun as possible, but on the other hand it looks like they would just dry out completely.
So right now, in the shade it looks a little better and there is a stem growing from the other side of the rhizome (you can see it behind the main one)
Here's the picture of how they look right now:
Any suggestions are welcome, what should I do with the sun, how much should I water? In the mornings or in the evenings? Should I use some fertilizer?
Thanks!