Thank you aviolet6 and nyxx! I am new to gardening so your answers help A LOT. @aviolet6: Yes, I am now thinking it's transplant shock. I started looking that up and found some pictures that looked similar to mine. Before, I was focusing on "leaves curling down", but didn't think of looking for "droopy" leaves because I wasn't sure if this was considered droopy. When I entered this in search, I found a lot more situations similar to mine. I was worried about bugs before, but glad it isn't the case lol! It hasn't gotten any worse than what it is in the picture too, so I'm glad! @nyxx: Lol it wasn't a long ramble at all! It was a very informative and reassuring story =) (It sucks you got a plant with concrete soil though O_O! I wonder how that happens.). At first, I was worried about having a hard time removing the old soil when it dried, because it felt rock hard when I finger tested for moisture. I even added a little bit of water from the top, but it wouldn't sink in at all. When I took it out of its pot though, the soil came off easily. Phew! It was rootbound really good though, so I was not sure how much to remove. I think I took out like 80% of it though. As for the leaf, I think you're right. I probably didn't notice it before. I was worried because a few days after I propagated my leaves, I noticed cracks/brown spots that weren't there before. So I was wondering if I had a pest problem. Here's some pictures of the before and after of my first variety: Before (all green and pretty!): After (the plants were moved around here because I wanted to clean the tray): Any idea what happened? It hasn't gotten any worse, so I'm thinking it might not be a pest, but water or sun burn? Anyway, about the smell, I'm not sure if it's stagnant water. My memory of stagnant water didn't stink THAT bad though. I'm not good at identifying smells, but the first things that came to mind was either rot or mold. I checked my old variety for root rot, but I was not sure. It only had one root at the time lol (a lot of mistakes led to repotting it 3 times to what you see in the Before picture with the leaves). I was thinking it was definitely from my dehumidifier water because all I used was tap water before. At that time, I didn't mix the water. I think the crown really didn't like it? I used mixed water for my second plant, which made it only smell a little bit temporarily. Should I just stop using the dehumidifier water?

gbsim, we do like the JennAir drawers a lot. They weren't our first choice either; originally we were going to go with 2 fridge drawers but we decided near the last minute that we wanted a freezer drawer and this JennAir model was the best choice. One thing that gave us some pause was the lack of movable dividers. Since we keep bags of milk there for smoothies I was initially against these drawers since I figured the milk jug would tip over. But function (the deep freezer drawer and ice maker) won out and I just bought little container/dividers to go inside the drawers to keep it organized. Works perfectly. We haven't noticed much cycling and the temperature is good. I'm not sure about the noise. It's not something we've ever noticed but that's not saying much as we usually have the TV or stereo going and appliance noise isn't something that usually bothers us. I don't think they're loud though; I notice the dishwasher but have never noticed the fridge/freezer drawers. No problems making the cabinet panels flush; they just took the exact same drawer front thickness as the rest of our drawers. One thing I really like about these drawers is that they give a loud beeping noise if the drawers are open more than about 60 (I think?) seconds. That has saved us I don't know how many times! The rest of our drawers are soft-closing, and many times we've just sort of pushed these ones lightly and walked away, unconsciously applying the same pressure as for a standard drawer. Of course that leaves the fridge or freezer ajar, and instead of coming back to melted ice or sour milk, the beeping saved us countless times. That might be a standard feature on all fridge drawers, I don't know. It wasn't something we checked out in advance but it's definitely something we appreciate now. Good luck and have fun with your remodel.

I use the smaller ones..aerator kind....one part stones one part coir and 1/5 part bio-char.The bio- char is a rough estimate,but i usually just mix up enough for a few plants at a time.Like one quart stones,one quart coir and about 2/3 to a cup of bio-char.As long as your medium is chunky and quick draining most of the stuff mentioned on this post will work if used with the great white and molasses.I had to do a lot of tweaking with this for it to work for me.Mostly how often i water,how much i water and regulating my pH with the nutes and soil amendments i use.I always rely on a moisture meter as well.I also have a pH pen that i use from time to time.Some of the best hoya growers are giving up on the grow stones for various reasons.One grower says she has too much water retention in the stones which leas to root rot in some of her plants,and the other has been having high pH problems with the stones resulting in chlorosis and leaf drop on some of his hoyas.With the microbes and molasses,the plants are more forgiving with less optimum conditions like wet feet,overly dry for too long,low humidity,excessive cold,pH issues etc.I just don't want you to spend tons of money and be discouraged if you don't get the results you are looking for.Grow stones has a product with the coir and microbes mixed in already..kinds like the mix i use minus the bio-char.Link for reference..http://www.amazon.com/Growstone-GS-3-Coco-Soil-9-Liter/dp/B00I8J1X9C/ref=pd_sim_86_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=51manGvpMCL&dpSrc=sims&preST=AC_UL160_SR124%2C160&refRID=1PR35PM43EJ1SPRFM24Y

We end up with a simplified little wall set over the left hand of the couch with a few favorite whiskey themed book. My all time favorite is the "Tequila Mockingbird" which is a bunch of literary pun themed cocktails. haha! We also swapped out a few of the collage items as we came across other things that spoke to us more, and hung the lantern. On the little side table is typewriter themed coasters, and underneath is the dog toy bin.