The plant has dark spots all over. i took it and plant them right away and watered them with clean water yesterday. This morning i mist them and put them in the sun for like 20 minutes. This is my first experience with the actual Salvia plant. I need help with this. I read online how to take care of it but i want direct conversation with someone that has experience with the plant.

I have grown salvia for 5 years that this is just what I have experienced. Note that I am in zone 8b.

For one thing, stop misting them. You can kill them so much quicker that way. Misting your salvia like that is not good because the environment you have them in is likely not naturally that humid..so you mist them, they get wet and right away start drying out in the air..do this to much the leaves get all dry and cracked etc. It is the equivant of chapped lips.

Dont put them in the sun. Salvia Divinorum is a plant that grows in high mountain cloud forests. It does not get full sun where it grows in Oaxaca. Salvia likes bright filtered light..so keep her in the shade or it will get more yellow than those plants already are and wilt etc..

I would put them outside for the summer. Really salvia is a plant that IME grows best outdoors. They will be fine until temps get low enough that you think there could be a frost overnight or something..def bring them inside before that. But putting those plants outside in a shady area, in good soil with some fish fert here and there and making sure they dont dry out should really help. They like the fresh air as opposed to inside stale air.

Thanks, whats the best fert for salvia?, and do you think they will survive?. i live in a high mountain surrounded by trees in puerto rico so its tropical , the temperature in here is fresh and i have a good breeze of air. Do you recommend a humidity tent.

Keep in mind all Jamie said. I've been growing salvia indoors, and once I took a rooted cutting that was not looking nice, I put it in a terrace outdoors with indirect light and it resurrected in a matter of days. All the new shoots look awesome. The only drawback is having to control pests, but a little attention usually suffices.

Regarding the yellowing of the leaves,



Yours looks over-watered. If the climate you are in is not extremely dry (and it doesn't look like it at all, according to what you say) avoid humidity tents, give it an indirect light outdoors spot with good air flow and only mist the plant occasionally, I'd say once a day at the most, and in the evening. Water only when the soil starts to feel dry, and make sure it is well aired. If the mix you have is very compact, you can stir gently the surface or make a few holes with a toothpick. When you repot it, use perlite in the soil mix. The cutting should recover fine, salvia is a surprisingly strong plant.