This is a demonstration, check the days.. same plant.. no hps no nothing

A nice looking little plant. Do you use a dome for humidity?

its all about the lights.....nice growth log.

Another thing I've found is if you want to change locations of the plant (for example, from indoors in a semi-bright window to full-sun on the deck) to snip all the leaves off (so it looks like the first pic) and it'll grow back FAST! And you wont have to worry about sunburnt leaves or anything.

just a thought

JG

WOW, amazing pictures..

she is beginning to recover, but would need a bigger pot

Sea Mac, those plants look like they would knock you down if they fell on you. I never saw a salvia tree before.

gnome, yours looks nice and healthy. Maybe some day yours will be big too. Mine all died on me so I have none.

Hello everyone I am new here.

My sally D is under a 15Watt GE aquarium Plant Light about 8-10 inches directly above her. Do you think this is the wrong light to use, too close? She has started to brown rather quickly, starting at the tips of the leaves the browning spreads and causes the leaf to fall off. There is browning starting now on a newer leaf but on the corner not the tip. I also have a 65Watt Spot grow light but it caused her to wilt, possibly too bright or too drying (no i did not use the 65Watt light 8-10 inches away) It was more like a few feet away.

I'm just using regular all purpose potting soil, any objections on that? It does seem to hold moisture a bit too well.. hmm

Well anyways, I will keep reading the forums! a great wealth of knowledge here Thanks all!

There is no such thing as too bright for this plant. Only "too hot". Go get a CFL 13W (equivalent of 60W) and put it right next to the plant (or right above) - as close as you can get without touching. Leave it on 24/7. Your plant will tell you when she needs more water - she will wilt. Otherwise, you're just breeding fungus and fungus gnats. Keep conditions the same - if you change stuff up a lot, the plant wont have time to adapt and will just succumb to rot. That's all for now..

Thank you, You were correct about fungus gnats I think. I found a bunch of white flies on the underside of the leaves so I had to re-pot and clean the leaves very well. I really hope she does okay after all this! Thanks for the tip too, any particular CFL spectrum?

Well, those are probably whiteflies but yea if you dry things up a little, I think it'll help. I would just use any CFL if I were you. If you see a plant one tha tyou like, that'd be ok too. I have known people to adapt salvia d to grow on a hot deck in full sun. You just have to keep her hydrated when she gets wilty...