Friday, September 23, 2011

Picking up more pothos at Vickery Greenhouse

Vickery has a beautiful greenhouse located in northeast Austin.
I love Vickery Greenhouse! They were the ones who made the green wall debut possible back in March. We had about 10 days to build the wall before the grand opening of the new office and quickly realized that procuring hundreds of 4" tropicals in early spring was near impossible. None of the nurseries in town were able to help us. One of my last phone calls was to Vickery and they agreed to rush a whole truck of pothos and nephthytis from their California growers, just for us! Now when we need additional plants for replacement, Vickery is our go-to greenhouse. It also smells nice inside, fyi.

We're continually phasing out the nephthytis that we planted in the very beginning and replacing them with the hardier golden pothos. Early on, the nephthytis suffered from terrible root rot and have slowly wilted and died off. The ones we keep individually around the office seem to be thriving, so my guess is maybe these guys don't like the spacing/density of the wall or being planted hydroponically. Oh well. They weren't that pretty to begin with!

I tested the water again today to see if the filter change had any negative impact. Still lookin' good!

pH: 6.6
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 40 ppm

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