Heliconia stricta 'Jamaican Dwarf' - Jamaican Dwarf Heliconia

Maybe you need to stop feeding it Delonix. Just a thought - it works if my chillies are not producing a lot of flowers.

Meanie:

This plant doesn't get feed. This is the reason why it hasn't bloomed. Heliconias are considered "pigs". Their nitrogen requirements are extremely high. You literally can dump a 5lb. bag of sulfate of ammonia on it...and it will not burn!

I'm going to have to divide this plant into 4 plants. This way I can fertilize them better. A couple will go into the ground directly into steer manure or chicken manure.

So they need to be grown with Legumes then!!

Meanie:

Yes, however, even then, they need fertilizer! Heliconia is probably one of the heaviest feeders of any plant known.

Not greedy at all then!!

Meanie:

No...not much!

It's showing signs of either too much sodium or too little magnesium, too, Delonix.

Tugbrethil:

It's showing signs of hard water damage. The water here is horrible for many plants. It could probably use some magnesium sulfate...which would green it up a little. :>)

Same as the water here! Sometimes Epsom salts help, and sometimes not. Organic matter helps, too, but I'm probably preaching to the choir on that!

Tugbrethil:

Yes, if we had better water...the larger wealth of plants we could grow and without brown-tipping!

I use bags and bags of steer manure for my plants every year. Luckily, it's very inexpensive! :>)

Huzzah for the genus Bos!!

Tugbrethil:

You got that right! lol! :>)