My bird of paradise plant ( Orange bird) has recieved serval posts about it. its enjoying my grow light tremendously and has started to put out more leaves. big ones. i'm watering when soil is dry and feeding it regularly with each watering. its still in the same pot i got it in and i'm wondering if putting some 4 foot red t5 bulbs along with the green t5 bulbs will help induce flowers when it gets older- its also going to spend some months outdoors in the full sun early june to late aug.. At my community garden behind a locked fence - i don't trust my neighborhood people to not steal it- its pretty bad. Its about 3 feet or so now and growing vigorously. i was going to repot it later in the spring before it goes outdoors.
My questions are
It has 9 leaves on it how old is it?
Am I doing a god job with it?
Would mercile grow all purpose mix be good to transplant it into later this spring.
the only flaw i see is that some of the leaves get dry edges but it cant be helped as my clieing has a gaping hole in it from a bubble caused by fungus/past damage- group home maitmence have to fix. humidity might cause problems with this hole. i mist but it isn't as humid as it should be. lots of light and warmth. but kinda dry air
