Kava Plants
Latin Name:
Piper Methysticum
Variety
ISA
Growing Difficulty:
Easy
Level of Kavalactones:
High
Ceremonial:
No
Medicinal:
Yes
Growing Information:
When you receive your live cutting, you will want to have a medium-sized pot to transplant in. Use Pro-mix or other well-drained soil for indoor plants. These are very light soils, drain well and provide a good amount of aeration to the roots even when fully wet. You will want to water the soil the night before for the soil to be humid. Make a hole big enough for your plant's roots to fit without forcing it in. Fully cover the root system and add 1 cm of earth above the last root node. You will want to keep it in an environment where you can control the humidity to around 100%. You can achieve that easily with a humidity tent or a transparent plastic container with a few holes. Water your plant every day for one week. You can then start to make more holes every day for another 7-10 days in your humidity tent so that your plant slowly adapts to the environment. Wait one more week before introducing it to an outdoor environment.
Type of Soil
Pro mix or any other well draining soil
When to Transplant?
Transplant to a bigger pot or into the ground when the roots begin to crawl out of the holes underneath
Size of Pot
Transplant into a pot that is twice the diameter to ensure that plant has enough room to grow.
Transplanting hormones
We like to avoid using transplanting fertilizer, but we will you choose if you want your plant to be subject to fertilizers. In the short run, while young, it should be an issue.
Type of Sunlight
Indirect, partial shade, ideally direct morning sunlight
Ideal Temperature
68-88 degrees Fahrenheit
Ideal Humidity Levels
65%-100%