Weekend Update

Or perhaps, it should be weakened update. I thought I'd let everyone know how a couple of plant experiments I wrote about last month are going. Let's check in first with "Foxy", the Asparagus meyersii I had to root prune with a saw:

"Foxy" with browning fronds visible

Well, not only did poor Foxy lose a couple more healthy fronds that were loosened away from the roots during the pruning, but it suffered quite bit of browning from the trauma as well. I would be thoroughly disheartened if I hadn't noticed the following:

New growth! Maybe Foxy will pull through after all.

The Coleus Experiment seems to be going a bit better. I did lose two plants (both NoIds) which just sort of dried up, despite my keeping up with the watering. Several other plants have nice colorful growth on their upper leaves near the lights, but have lost leaves and have leggy, bare stems at the bottom. And a few, like Tilt-a-Whirl, continue to do fairly well:

Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Tilt-A-Whirl.' There has been some leaf loss leading to a bit of legginess not visible in this shot, but it is still looking much better than some of the others.

Close-up of Tilt-A-Whirl foliage

S. scutellarioides 'Dark Heart' is also doing well

I will post more updates as things develop.