droopy snake plant please help!
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Comments (28)Dear Pirate girl and Al Thanks for input about soil. The type of soil with the wood chips and peat moss is ALWAYS soil that is in the pot when I purchase the plant new, so one would think this is the appropriate mix. Even so, (I eventually need to transplant and find I have lost roots.) (I don't care for this type of soil it because it is confusing, troublesome watering,) and I struggle with it looking moist but being dry and/or watering as I explained earlier and finding the soil too wet and eventually diminishing down into the pot. Eventually I transplant/because more soil is needed (It dries out too quickly). I usually have shallow roots at that time, sometimes caused by overwatering & sometimes caused by underwatering. I have tried many different soils in my transplanting and have experienced more bad (compacted soil) than good results. I have used appropriate soils recommended for specific types of plants & still struggle. Most recently I have tended to use lighter soils which evidently contain more peat than I like. However, Using this with my clear pots has given me my best results. Pirate girl, I have washed roots of many, many plants when transplanting some plants I was trying to save and/or nurture. Some thrived, some didn't. I don't know reasons why. Maybe if I did, I would't be online writing now. :) Al, after thinking about my experiences, I personally beleive & and agree "the soil is the foundation of every conventional container planting". I think I just cannot get it right. Thanks, Melba...See MoreDroopy pepper plant, please help!
Comments (9)One of my plants looked like that after transplanting and I thought it was drying out like a tomato plant would look but in turn I was watering it too much. A little plant like that couldn't take it. plus it was in the dead heat of the sun. I left it in the sun but didn't water it at all and it's growing very healthy now. I'm learning peppers don't like water that much....See MoreDroopy Seedlings Help Please? (Photos)
Comments (6)Awesome! Thanks guys!=D I'll definitely wait even longer before watering! I had seen many people say wait 4-5 days between watering times even if that seems like forever. And I thought since I wait a week, plus the container was significantly lighter, there's no way they can be over-watered right? Wrong! LOL! I'm always worrying about letting them get too dry! Guess I have to control that urge even more now!=P Whew! I feel so much more relieved now that I know what it is! I kept checking my leaves for insects and fungi when I was the cause all along!XD(though I did already suspect that...=P)...See MoreSeptoria or Early Blight? Droopy plants? Over saturated soil? Help!
Comments (2)I am FAR from an expert or horticulturalist, but whne the early blight decimated my tomatoes last year they did not look like that. Might just be from very wet feet. Best thing to do is try your local cooperative extension and they can pinpoint it for you....See More- 12 years ago
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