ordered a salvia plant online from what i assuming is a trusted site. i wont name it on this post.

when it comes, placing it in water vase is the first step. grow it inside a dome and gradually acclimatize making sure that the soil is always moist. dont require insane amount of sun, should be fun to grow. i will have to grow it inside thou untill spring thou


oh and i think this is just great work here. its by daniel siebert, shown on wiki.pedia

Great!

I’ve been growing my own salvia for years. It’s very rewarding.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Also, many salvia sites/forums recommend lots of humidity – humidity tents, frequent misting, etc. Salvia grows just fine without all of that extra and unnecessary treatment. In fact, the excess humidity encourages rot.

Beautiful plant gibran

I used to have that picture as my desktop wall paper...and no, not gibran's plant

gibran - do you ever get little brown spots appearing on the leaves?...and if so, have you worked out what causes it?

Thanks

Lim

great specimen i love it. the green is imprinting my mind its so cool loooking. should i worry about the ph of the soil? i have no read much information relating to ph.

I once had a gnat infestation – they left brown spots.

Here’s a general rule for salvia – less is more. Put your plants in a place where they’ll get bright indirect sunlight, use a good quality potting medium (I use Miracle Grow Moisture Control mix), keep the soil moist but not saturated, and generally leave them alone. (They know what to do. )

@ Lewinii – I’ve never tested nor adjusted pH.

That painting is by Mark P. Maxwell

He's also on deviantart as shufflelot

Awesome salvia-inspired art.

This plant you show is amazing Gibran.
A question do you use artificial light for the winter ?

I only use natural light. I grow 3 indoor “crops” of about 3-4 plants each year. A spring crop, planted usually in April, a Summer/Autumn crop planted in August, and a winter crop planted in late November or early December. I harvest each crop after about 4 months, take cuttings and begin again.

The December crop doesn’t get much light during the winter and always has the lowest yield. The Spring crop grows like crazy. The photo is a Spring crop plant.

Using this method, I get a yield of 300-400g of dried leaf per year. Considering that I only smoke the equivalent of about 10g per year at most, I’m accumulating a bit of a surplus. I’ve been growing salvia this way for over 3 years now – it all started with one mail-order plant.

@gibran2 - I have been considering buying a salvia plant, but I'm hesitant to have a live plant shipped during the winter. Do you have any input on this? I've never really grown anything.... without eventually killing it, but I really want to try again. Actually, now that I think about it, I've grown herbs for cooking.. but their survival most likely had something to do with my wife.
Is salvia divinorum as hearty as Salvia officinalis? I recall digging through the snow to get some regular sage for meals.

Salvia is very sensitive to cold and to extreme heat. Depending on where you live and where you’re ordering from, it’s probably best to wait until spring. I ordered my plant in early November 2007 – after the summer heat and before the winter cold.

Salvia grows best in bright indirect sunlight. It adapts well to a wide range of humidity. Under ideal conditions (good light, rich potting medium kept moist but never saturated) I’ve had plants grow about 1/2 inch per day!


I’ve grown it outside, but found that bugs really love it and too much heat slows its growth. Indoors seems to work best.

ive ordered a additional two plants from a friend at another forum. one is multi-headed i cant wait to get them here. lets hope they make it over.

Thanks, I'll wait until spring. I am looking forward to growing a salvia plant. I've only used salvia a few times, so I need to do more work with it. I think being involved in the whole process of growing, harvesting, making tinctures etc. will be a nice experience.

Another question: Are cats interested in these plants? I have 4 cats and I don't want them to take a nibble and get a nasty surprise. Anyone have experience with this?
I guess I could also grow some plants that the cats would be FAR more interested in, like catnip. I don't want to take any chances though.
Thanks.

forgot that i have this thread! must update right now.

Swim has recieved a plant from a friend, could not find any sellers that send to canada.
its been growing well, but ran into a bug problem, dont know what to do next!

heres its life over about 3-4 weeks.

when it arrived it was basically dead.


life again. 'zombie plant'


now.




BUGZ I NEED TO GET RID OF FAST!~











please help me find a organic/safe way to remove these PESTS without damage to salvia..

What exactly am I looking at here? Looks like the plant was DOA, then you planted that underground and the green leafs sprouted?

I don't think the pictures are clear enough to be able to identify the bugs.

Is re-potting an option?