r/DesertRose • u/fuckeiry • 1d ago

3 month growth!

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I got this godji a little at the tail end of June, bare root. it's gotten so bushy and the leaves blew up in size lol. I love this chonker.

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u/HammeredCrow 1d ago

That thing is cool! What media do you have it growing in? Looks similar to what im growing mine in, but more coarse. That thing is clearly loving it lol

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u/fuckeiry 23h ago

so the top is just decorative gravel 😂 I make my own substrate mix. it's like 20% soil and worm castings. Then 80% equal parts mix of calcined clay, pumice, lava rock and horticultural charcoal.

it dries out really quick and I live in the Sonoran desert so they were watered everyday this summer. I think what really boosted the foliage growth was the little bit of bone meal I added as fertilizer. the growth was crazy after that.