Even as someone trained in horticulture and tropical plants, I can't keep this one happy 😅 we can't even make it thrive in a greenhouse where I work. Unclear what the problem is. I think it is particular about how dry exactly the soil gets between watering. Doesn't seem to like any extremes in terms of soaking or drying
I wholeheartedly agree with a big chunk of your struggle plants. I killed a money tree, countless peperomias, the watermelon one, a pricey Monstera TC that died a slow death, and I try to stay away from string of anything! Glad to be able to relate to a seasoned planty friend!
Sorry about your difficult plants Harli, I've reduced my collection to the most hardy and easy to grow, focusing on leaf shape, size and coloration only. Less heartache.
@@ericagreen4015 exactly!! When I first got into plants I would just buy anything because I was so obsessed with it lol but now after having this hobby for sometime I basically stick to the “easy”’plants. Or some people say “basic” plants lol
That's what I've done as well. If a plant is too high maintenance after its probation period, I won't keep it! I'm too busy to fuss over a plant so it needs to be hardy, tolerant of underwatering, and PNW light. I have 20+ that are doing great, so you just have to find what works well with your living conditions and planty parenting style! 🌱
My peperomia hope experience: Do not water until the soil is bone dry (and beyond), and when you water, do it from the bottom, and only let the bottom half of the soil to drench. Mine gets only a small amount of light, and is thriving and growing nicely. Good luck!
Oh wow I’ve found mine to LOVE water actually which surprised me considering the leaf thickness and texture ! Then again mines been in the same tiny terra cotta pot for years and that’s most likely why lol 😝
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! It's nice to know I'm not the only one with multiple plant fails. I finally realized it's much better (emotionally😌) to toss the ugly plants, and stick to those that can thrive with my way of plant parenting. Way too many so-called "house" plants will not look great anywhere but in a freakin' greenhouse! Love your honesty!
It took me having and almost losing my pilea peperomioides and then getting a job at a greenhouse before knowing how to take care of mine. It’s still not the best, but my mojito is doing so well. It basically wants to get just as much sun and a succulent but with more water. Their roots are super shallow and thin. They don’t like being dry at all so that means just watering more often. I’m also testing out a self watering pot with a wick.
So glad to hear someone else struggles with Pilea peperomioides!! I have two that are just always struggling and dropping leaves no matter what I seem to try, and I squeal every time someone says they’re sooooo easy 🫠
I have decided to just get the "easy" plants so I don't have to stress so much. I think I'm getting to old to keep trying to keep all varieties happy 😂 but I love your videos you are such a sweetheart ❤
I’m so glad you made this video. Almost every one of these plants has also given me trouble! Pilea peperomiodies and Peperomia hope - once you find a spot they like, do not move them, do not change ANYTHING. Or they will be fussy. And with the Hope, propping is also difficult (and technically it’s copyrighted) so it’s harder to just start over.
I have some similar experiences. I cannot grow pilea peperomioides, tried 3 times and they always turn black and lose leaves no matter how I care for them. Peperomias are some of my favorites, but definitely give me the same trouble you're describing. I'm convinced that some houseplants are just not meant to live in our homes for years and years, sometimes they are just nice for a season and I appreciate them while they're nice.
For your money tree, the Pachira Aquatica, I find they are very similar to FLFs. Park right in a window it in a window that gets morning light, for me it's my east facing kitchen window, water weekly or as soon as the first inch or two of soil is dry, make sure you have it in a quick draining mix, keep it fertilized (I use a weak dose of organic stuff every 2 weeks) and DO NOT MOVE IT. Just leave it there and try to forget about it, wait out the bad times, and stay steady with care. Mine is nearly six feet tall now, but heaven forbid I tried to move him. 😅 my daughter got a smaller one that was really struggling, but I did the same for hers and it's coming back now. good luck!
Thank you for keeping the names of the plants up for longer ! That helps a lot. And omg I have the issue with all these plants. You are right, there is no telling what to do for these plants.
I understand what you are going through! for me, I literally cannot "read" njoy pothos and people say that they are a beginner plant. usually with other plants I can "read" them well like if they need water, light, humidity, or if they got pests but njoy pothos didn't show me any symptoms and just wilt for no reason and then die. it's so frustrating for me. the only njoy pothos that I have now are the one that in water 😅
Mine was not doing well in a plastic pot and I changed it to terra cotta, very close to a window, water when almost dry, before leaves are wilty, and she is doing really well!!! I don’t have much luck with other pothos though 😂😂😂 the other varieties I have had I think were mad at me cause they were root bound 😅
Peperomia Hope-I have 2 really full, fairly long ones. They’re in clay pots. You’re right-they love bright light! But I do feel like mine probably have a solid 3” between leaves on the vines. I probably water mine more often than I think I water most other of my peperomias, even though their leaves are really succulent. Good luck! 💚💚💚 I struggle with syngonium-so you’re my hero there! 💚💚💚
Agree! I used to barley water it and it looked horrible! I started watering more often and giving bright indie t light and mine has gotten so full and beautiful! I never thought I would be able to have a full beautiful pot of peperomia hope! Also same goes for my Watermelon peperomia! When O wasn't watering very often my leves would come in exactly the same, but now they are coming in larger and full leaves.
@@jenniferdaniels3076 thank you! My Hope has been dropping "branches" and I assumed it was due to overwatering (the ends are black)... But I think I'll repot it into a clay pot, water more regularly, and see if he's happier!
Ha ha, I call my little remnant “peperomia No-Hope” I’ve tried various light situations and higher light just bleached the little guy to have light coloured green leaves but did nothing to help it grow. Started as a good sized 4” pot. Sigh.
@@Desaki65 If its ends are black or mushy. That can be a sign of overwatering. I also had a hard time with mine I had it about 2 feet away from a south facing window and it bleached out and the leaves curled inward. But I moved it about 4 feet back and the leaves flattened and the color looks much better now. I also fertilized with liquid dirt and that has Really helped.
My houseplant addiction only started last spring and I have a house full of plants that I’ve been successful with. The few casualties that I did have are on your list! Schefflera, Pilea, Watermelon Peperomia almost lost my String of Hearts when she threw a fit because it turned winter. Now I know to not get the Thai 😭😭😭 Because I’ll kill it! Darn! Oh the only other plant I killed was a Aglaonema. Oh and Polly but she has been resurrected and I’m pretty proud! Hopefully there are some helpful comments to help us with Hope and Trubli because mine are leggy too! 🤣🤣🤣
hey harli! you should do a video on not having a watering schedule but YES to having a good fertilizing schedule. i love all of your videos & can’t wait for the next one!!
Also for the sting of hearts I switched it out of soil and it’s in pon and sits in water hanging in the window and it has completely over grown it’s pot twice since spring started
Hi Harli! I love this video! I also have a piece of advice re: string of hearts - I keep mine living in sphagnum moss, in a glass pyramid shaped candle holder that I found at the dollar store. (I used sealant along the seams to make it water-tight) I started doing that with all of my String of ____ plants (including spades, pearls, and turtles) and the results have been absolutely outstanding. They're happy in my office, which features a heavily filtered south facing window. :-)
I also struggled with and gave up on my regular watermelon peperomia. It put out many warped, twisted leaves with long stems. The plant had no structure and took up so much space on my shelf (with grow lights) due to the wild growth and long stems. I found the grow lights helped to a degree but then the color of the leaves would get faded to light green so I tossed it! Sorry about your Thai Constellation. I don’t have one but wondered what might happen if you cut it down to a wet stick and put it in a prop box with perlite or perlite and fluval stratum (a new prop substrate I have heard a lot about and found out about on other RU-vid videos). Thanks again for your posts. Always informative and fun!
Oh gosh, I’ve also struggled with my money tree, my peperomia hope and my scindapsus moonlight. The money tree was also losing a bunch of leaves constantly lol. For the peperomia, it’s leggy and odd looking and I just never figured out how to make it lush. And my scindapsus just grows extra slowly (like a new leaf every 6 months….haha)
Mine grew so slow until it finally started to trail and now it's actually growing pretty fast (for that plant) like a leaf every month and a half or so
Hi Harli, I agree with some of the peperomias being difficult, I had the watermelon one and it died, haven't bought it again, I also have the money tree and it does lose it's leaves but mine is getting a bunch of new growth. I have never bought a Thai constellation and don't think that I want to spend that much on that plant. I have two string of hearts plants, and one is kind of struggling and the other is doing pretty good. I feel like it can be the humidity in our homes sometimes. I also have a peperomia hope that my daughter gave me a small plant from her mother plant, and it is doing so good, nice and full and it had some really long trails and I cut those off and put them in water and they are getting some good roots and I will put those in with that plant to make it even fuller. I think we all have some plants that are on the struggle bus. But you are really good at growing plants so try and not be hard on yourself if some of them are not doing great. I hope that you have a great week, take care, sending love and hugs, bye for now. 🥰💜
Lol “you’re a mother” 😂 I’m with you on a lot of these! the money tree, pilea, hope.. I put my variegated money tree outside in a random spot outside and it’s thriving 🤦🏽♀️😂
Philodendron Brandtianum is a thorn in my side. I have purchased 3 and they are just horrible. Their baby leaves always get stuck and choke themselves out, new growth (if any) comes out super tiny no matter if you give them a pole or not, and they take forever to even make new leaves only for them to come out distorted, small or die. That is the only philodendron that I am unable to care for…I’ve experimented different potting mediums, humidity, lighting and water but get same results…bummer because they really are pretty plants. Thanks for sharing your struggle plants with us!
Same here, but! Maybe more light and humidity might help?! I'm hoping to put some cuttings in my Ikea Rudsta Greenhouse Cabinet to see if it'll do better.
I had the Pilea in a west window and it loved it! I totally let it… completely, I mean completely dry out. It sometimes dropped some leaves but it was still awesome.
I have an umbrella tree/plant I got from a big box store and personally I haven’t had an issue with it yet (I’ve probably had it for a month and a half.) I just water it when it gets dry and place it near my window with sheer curtains and it’s been pushing out new growth. It’s crazy to see how some people always have issues with one plant and others can make them thrive.
oh my gosh this video just took so much weight off of my shoulders. i might just purge the plants that don’t like me. i’ve been so stressed about a few of them
I’m currently trying to save my Scindapsus Moonlight. I bought it at Home Depot and repotted because it wouldn’t dry out. It still wasn’t thriving and I checked the roots and there was some root rot starting. Part of it is currently in water and I repotted a couple of cuttings with good roots. Fingers crossed!
mine too, I also burned the leaves with too much light when I first brought it home it's half the size now, after 5 months I finally have a couple new leaves
I also got mine from a big box store! It had root rot too! I recommend anyone who’s bought one to repot it and check out the roots before more damage happens😅 I lost some vines because I waited too long to save it.
I had issues with my pilea’s until I found the secret recipe: plastic pots only and I have mine right up against a west window and they are all THRIVING. I hope this helps 😊 Also I’ve found the most difficult plant type is Peperomia I’ve found they need a lot of humidity and overall perfect conditions to survive 😮💨
I have always struggled with my Scindapsus Argyraeus. Its leaves yellow all the time and new growth comes in super tiny. Then when I chop it to propagate it takes forever to root and half the cuttings die.
Hey Kendall, I used to have the same problem with mine too! I noticed that they really don’t like when their leaves get wet OR if they get too much direct light. When you water them make sure the soil is like dirt dry (with the majority of the leaves super curled) then give it a really deep soak. In terms of trying to prop the cuttings what I’ve seen work best for me is if I try to propagate them with another type of pothos in the water and add just a little bit of fertilizer (like a drop). They take a long time to root but I’ve seen that if they are trying to root with something that roots easier they are more likely to succeed. I hope that helps!
Thank you for sharing! Watering from the bottom helps a lot of plants avoid leaf problems, I've found. Also some plants seem to HATE being moved in my experience and then drop most of their leaves (and of course I make things worse by moving it again!) Sounds drastic but what about trimming the top of your pilea peperomioides as it begins to get leggy to encourage it to bush up and grow leaves lover down the stem? Works for garden shrubs like lavender, as long as you leave some new growth at the top. Maybe you can propagate the tip? It's just going to get leggier the longer that you leave it: be ruthless and good luck!!!
@@rubyroseplantpalace1053 I also have 60 humidity and mine is shredded too. Maybe grow it in leca? That’s my next project. I chopped my ratty plant up. It’s rooting in water I plan on chopping the adult leaves when the babies come in and starting the whole plant in hydro.
Yes Harli we do have a few the same .. my most challenging is spider plants of all varieties .. also string of hearts & usually string of pearls but I have a coupe of very small pots if them in my east facing kitchen window & have not killed them in at least 8 months . Winner winner chicken dinner
I feel like there are a few treubii that just don’t have good genetics. I’ve heard so many people have struggles with it? Including myself, and for no reason! Also, up the watering on your SOH! I swear it helps
I would love to show you pictures cuz they even look the same!! Oh my goodness this is so funny!! I am struggling with a hot pink begonia….you put yours in a small terrarium…..trying now….a few others also!! It is so important I want to conquer them!!
string of herts are so easy!! I just keep them around the house- toasting on south facing window, in my kitchen with low light. the one in low lights I can forget about watering, especially in winter. But in the full sun you have to keep them hydrated- when the soil is dry a bit, they need water. just a bit. all the time- otherwise it will look like yours...sorry...and don't touch it. just leave alone and give water, haha)) should be fine! I also struggled with moonlight...ugly leaves, slow, root rot -the thing almost died, then I rescued some cuttings, put them in moss and in a terrarium - and forgot for a couple of months. and suddenly they started to grow! I repoted it in bark+ moss and keep in terrarium, evenly moist. he is growing! (one leaf for 3 weeks, but it does!!) cut it and start many many moonlight babies)) Hope it helps!
yes yes yes, I have a few of these.. string of hearts (north facing window) scindapsis moonlight thing in my china hutch.. I neglect them both and they love me.. I do not look at them more then 5 seconds at a time though. LOL thank you for the video and the giggles!! love from your neighbor in Oregon!!
Monstera Adansonii - This plant has been giving me so many issues lately 😫 It’s yellowing, putting out super tiny leaves, and having weirdly shaped new growth! I just can’t seem to make it happy.
omg same! mine looked really pretty and grew very beautifully and then all of the sudden stopped! i fixed it though! do not forget to fertilize, give it some humidity, and make sure there are no pests. spider mites love the little holes in the leaves for their webs of hell. After i aggressively treated my adansonii it is slowly recovering! also propping the leaves that are messed up helps them grow back better
I had the same problem when I first got mine. Everything I have tried and seems to be working: changed the soil to a chuck aroid mix, never let the soil completely dry out (it drys out about 80% before I water), and I fertilize everytime I water (I also you a liquid fertilizer, so it could be different depending on the fertilizer)
My nemesis is the Maidenhair fern. I have tried so my times over my decades of houseplant keeping. I have decided to try one final time. And if this one dies, I will give up. I am also not great at growing the Poka Dot plant. Another spieces I don't try to grow anymore are the String of...s (such as the String of Hearts). I love the Thai Constellation, but one failure was enough, besides they get too big for my apartment anyway. Beautiful, but I am with you, they are not worth the disappointment/struggle.
I can identify with the peparomia, never had the nerve for the others. Doing good to keep all the hoyas going. Since spring I need to water twice a week!! So it has been trying!!
I totally agree with those peperomia plants or pilea. I just can’t give them the light or humidity needs they require (mostly humidity) and I’ve kinda stopped trying to keep them for now. 🤷🏼♀️ Plus my Thai constellation root rotted. I’m at a stump that’s in water at this point. It’s putting out this teeny tiny leaf but refuses to push out a new root. 🤦🏼♀️. Soooo much money on that one. 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
We are soul sisters!!! The plants were spot on for me with almost all of the same plants!! I’ve been going nuts and I do have a trick with string of pearls.
I feel you on some of these. Here are some tricks that gave me success w some of these: MONEY TREE - right IN an east window, consistent watering & no cold drafts or a/c near. It LOVES heat and humidity or an occasional misting. If it gets a draft it drops leaves fast SOH - I keep mine 5ft from a west window and it has consistently grown crazy fast with even leaves for the last 4 yrs. It only drops leaves when I water inconsistently or if I dont water super thoroughly PILEA PEP- i killed 3 before I had success. It sits right in a north window, water consistently and rotate. it is full and huge PEP HOPE- 3ft from east window grows quickly and consistently, no legginess & has deep green leaves SCINDAPSUS MOON- one of the slowest growers ever. Alive and well but 3 yrs in and still not vining
Harli, a few thoughts: 1) Watermelon Peperomia: the leaves are growing in jagged due to lack of humidity. My plant's leaves were looking that way and once I put it near a humifier, the plant turned around. You can propagate the leaves but cutting them in half and putting them in soil (like a succulent!) - videos are available on RU-vid. I propagated the heck out of mine and planted the babies back into the mother plant, leading to beautiful, full plant. 2) Peperomia Peperomioides: mine began looking like yours and I cut the stem near the base and cut the long stem into smaller ones. I propagated the stems in water, and roots appeared really quickly. I then planted those stems back into the mother plant and ended up with a lush plant again. The stem on the original plant produced new leaves too. This plant seems to like bright indirect light. When I had it on an east-facing window, it grew well but the leaves cupped inward. When I moved it a few feet away fromt the window, the leaves grew flat, as they're supposed to. I can't stant when plantslook scraggly so I tend to propagate and add to the main plant, for a larger, fuller, more lush plant.
String ofs for me. String of pearls, string of turtles, you name it I've killed em! And some alocasia. Some are just dandy but when those guys chuck a tantrum, they really go hard and die with maximum drama...sigh... I love my Thai, pretty happy plant for me, but I guess we all just have different conditions too, my house is very moist lol, high humidity, so maybe that contributed to yours? I've also very sadly killed my Cyrtosperma Johnstonii, waaaah!!! I loved that thing, and it was thriving in summer, then a mattress fell on it (don't ask...) and broke 2 leaves. It just never loved life after that and come winter it just faded away...
Thank you for this list. I have issues with many of the same ones and I feel better knowing someone with your experience struggles with them as well. It helps me feel slightly less guilty. LOL
I think every plant that I've either killed or thrown in the bin is on this list 🤣🙈 Moonlight and peperomia are the only ones I still have! I've learnt to accept that moonlight hates me, and we have an agreement that it puts out one leaf per year and that's that 🤣 Watermelon peperomia, mine is like yours! I do think it's humidity, yes
I murder string of hearts and pearls, any syngonium, and all peperomias. I also struggle with scindapsus argyreus and exotica for some reason, they put out new growth all the time but are constantly dropping leaves as well. My scindapsus moonlight is my BEST grower, I am always cutting her. I even have great luck with my calathia white fusion and triostar which I have heard other people have problems with. So far, my newest strings of pearls has been hanging on, but we will see. My forever favorite plant to tell people to get are hoyas...ANY hoya, I love them and they love me! lol
DUDEEE YES THAT FRIGGIN MOONLIGHT. Just got my 3rd one for a final try. I’ve tried watering mine only once the leafs curls, keeping it moist, bight light, low light and I just cannot get it to grow!! It’ll be fine for a little bit and then just BOOM ITS DYING.
My Chinese money plant recently got some root rot when I repotted it, I tried to dry it out but it just wasn't thriving so I cut off the bottom part of the root stem and also removed most of the rotten roots, I put it in water and now its getting new healthy roots. I find that they need very good drainage and let them dry out a bit between watering. 😊 also, I find that they don't actually need direct sunlight, just a bright room works well for mine!
I’ve had great success with watermelon peps. I’ve only ever had two and never had an issue….So far. I never know when to water Hopes so it’s destined to die at some point in the future. Killed two money trees. Kill ginseng ficus all the time. Ruby cascade. Omg. Owned three killed three. Never again will I own one. Peperomiodes do well in the growing season then die over the winter. I’m currently trying again with a baby and a full grown robust one. We shall see. I have a huge moonlight doing the exact same thing yours is doing and one 6” pot that’s growing beautifully. Go figure. Same care. And I like them to grow slow.
Experienced the same with my pilea when we were in our prev house coz it didn’t get any sunlight. I repotted it when we moved to a new place (during winter) and placed it by a southwest facing window. I water it every 2 weeks during winter ans weekly during summer. It is doing really good with really big leaves. Even during winter it did not suffer dropping of leaves. It has grown 3 times bigger than its sisters (given by a friend).
I have always struggled with any ivy and ferns. It's so awful! I keep buying them with good intentions and they just crisp up and die almost as soon as I get them 🥲 my pilea also also likes to lose leaves on the bottom! It doing okay, but definitely not thriving :(
I had several plants do awesome over winter and then in spring they just gave up. pila peppermoites, SOP, and like 6 rex begonia 🤷♀️ scindapsus are definitely also on my "come on really" list.
I also have a pilea peperomioides mojito, pep hope, and a regular green money tree and I keep them all in a north window with very bright indirect light and only maybe 2 hours of direct light from the morning. They’re super happy with that and a little supplemental grow lights, and I only fertilize during the growing season with osmocote. I keep my pilea in terracotta because it likes lots of water but it hates sitting in water. I hope that helps!
hey harli! Just wanted to say if you ever try a thai again, definently grow her in sphagbum with a net pot! they get root root so easily it is crazy, but besides that they are easy!
i struggle most with my pink syngonium, hoya linearis and monstera adansonii! i also totally agree that peperomias are way more difficult than the good reputation they have lol
I noticed that my adansonii likes a deeper pot with more dirt for deep rooting, and it likes to be more on the moist side and not dry out completely. And indirect light. No super bright locations.
I was struggling with my marble queen pothos because it is a thirsty beast, I have it in the bathroom now where there is a tiny east facing window for it to sit in, and I can remember to water it several times a week.
I struggled with my Pilea peperomoidies? Sorry forgot how to spell that lol until I just stuck it outside. It is on my patio about 7 back from direct light, I thought it was going to die over the winter during a 2 week period of temperatures in the 20's. Didn't lose a single leaf, I had to put mine in a 3in Terra cotta pot because it kept trying to rot. My leaves on it split when I wait to long to water it, I seems very happy outside with the Oregon North coast environment.
Money Trees don't like to dry out. String of hears will grow like nuts in a Millsbo cabinet. I have a full 'Hope', but the pot is twice as big. You won't get that imagined big plant in a pot too small. The watermelon probably has root rot going on. Low humidity not a problem for the watermelon, I have a full plant in Tucson, not in a cabinet. We definitely have lower humidity than you. Weird to have problem with 'Thai Constellation'. I've only had robust performance, but I did give a a large pot with well drained soil. Some window light but supplemented with a grow light. Mine is pretty big. Good luck!
Pilea peperomoides hate me. Which is a shame, because I love the way they look! I have a mother plant that I’ve had for about 2 years and it had a few babies when I first got it. I successfully transplanted 2 babies and have tried various methods and environments to keep them happy. I still have the mom and 2 babies but they all struggle constantly. Very leggy and bare on the bottom but they do continue to put out new leaves on the top. I just can’t keep them full 😢
My peperomia hope does not get a lot of light at all. I have it quite far from our windows. And it is super full! Wish I could send u a photo :3. Love the video tho and good luck ❤️
Rabbit poop, drop a few in & mix wth ur soil. That should help the growth & yellowing. U can use cow Manure too, but I prefer rabbit poop its easier to mix & handle. Happy gardening 🌈🌞🌺🌊
Hi Harli, I find with watermelon peperomia that it likes one spot to be happy. Yeah, one spot. If you don’t find it, it will just throw a strop and die. I have one such spot in my house and that’s where it lives. When I move, I anticipate that the little s*it will die
agree w peperomias, def not for me! it’s crazy how many ppl i’ve seen have trouble w the scindapsis treubii though! i’ve had mine for nearly a year and it’s probably my easiest plant. i swear i only water it about once a month, and it’s constantly giving me about 10 new leaves. the other day i counted 14 new leaves coming in!! it’s super big and full and fast growing for me. plus it’s only ever given me 2 yellow leaves. one when i first got it and one now nearly a year later! it’s also been my easiest plant to propagate, roots up so much within a week! i keep it about 5 feet back from a south facing window , and fertilize w fish emulsion maybe every other watering but sometimes i forget lol
Love this vid. I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one who struggles with some of these. My Peperomia Hope is also so stretched out - I was just noticing that yesterday and wondering what the deal is. It gets great light too! And I've killed multiple pachira aquaticas as well...even a really old gigantic one died within weeks of my care. :( They're way more finicky than people say, I feel. I also have a hanging peperomia like the first one you showed - mine is a japonica and it seems to hate it when I fertilize. It usually turns yellow right away and drops lots of leaves. Seems to thrive best when I completely ignore it. Anyway, thanks for sharing your struggles! Makes me feel like I'm not alone!
I've heard that buying a plant too big can actually make it more likely to die, because it's grown for so long in a greenhouse that it'll freak out when moved to a household environment, whereas a younger plant will be able to adapt better to your environment. Maybe it's something to think about! I bought my pachira aquatica online when it was only about 8 inches tall and as long as I give it enough light it's super low maintenance! I let it dry out completely and still have it in a 3 in nursery pot, about a foot from my east-facing window. I've pretty much done the same with my peperomia hope, I bought it super tiny and keep it in a terracotta pot in my window. I find that cutting off stretched out portions and propagating them is a great solution to make it less leggy and make the pot more full :)
I’m glad you did this video. Very interesting to watch. My Pilea does not like the change of seasons to winter. She looks great Spring through Fall but is unhappy in Winter. I will try a grow light for her this Winter. My Scindapsus Moonlight is a very slow grower and she had me concerned at the end of Winter. In March I took 6 cuttings from her because I thought she might die. Surprisingly the cuttings did well and she perked up. I’m sure the Spring growth season had a lot to do with her recovery. Sometimes we just get lucky! Many thanks for this video. 👌🪴🥰
My SOH is doing amazing (surprisingly because I'm very new to houseplants) but my pilea p died so fast 😭🤣 My SOH is in a South facing window, hanging, and I water her like...every 2-3 weeks because I forget 😬 but she seems to love it. Several vines are over 5 feet long now and I'm getting flowers.
One surprisingly difficult houseplant is the scindapsus pictus argyraeus! It’s great if you get it down but they are picky! Too much or too little light, they like regular watering but an airy mix. Just a little too finicky to be thought of as a easy care plant in my opinion.
Girl you are not alone. I almost killed my peperomia. I’m pretty sure I over watered it. Now I keep it in my bathroom and I don’t water often and it’s coming back. Hope this helps
I have had my string of hearts on an East window and it loves it there. It has been doing well thus far and growing long. BUT as for the Trubeii, I am on my third and can't seem to figure it out for the life of me. I also had no luck with the Pilea, Watermelon and the Hope.
I feel like SOH need more water than it’s often portrayed. When they get a little too dry they really start dropping leaves so I wonder with it being in terra cotta and with change of season needed more water than it was getting and that caused such dramatic leaf loss???
Yes!! I read that they’re more succulent type because of the leaves, but I’m finding this isn’t true. I just got mine and let it dry out between watering and an entire rope of hearts shriveled! So now I’m playing with watering it more frequently and humidity.
