Snake Plant w too much water? not enough drain?
1818 Federal (7bEC)
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Snake Plant - Over Watered, Under Watered, or What?
Comments (21)It looks like you overwatered the plant, which could be the reason why the leaves are yellowed and shriveled in places. The use of the hairdryer (never a great idea) could have very easily burned the leaves and caused them to turn yellow. In your photos, I see some leaves are yellow at the base; these leaves are done for, I would cut them off and be done with it. They won't recover... If there are any leaves which are bright green and healthy, those will do just fine. Using a finger to test the soil is a very good way to measure the dryness/wetness level of the plant. You mentioned trying this and that the soil was only slightly damp. Another test is to pick up the whole pot. If it's extremely heavy you may have overwatered. (Conversely, if it's very light it will need some water ASAP!) Always be sure your plant can drain off excess water and that it never sits in water for a prolonged period of time. Checking the roots will help you assess the damage level of the root system. If it's stinky or mushy, it's rotting. cut away any roots that are brown and mushy. Roots that are yellow or white are healthy. I would suggest letting the plant dry out before watering again. Also I might add that the heater nearby could be drying out the plant prematurely, causing it to need more water more often. Be sure the window it is near is not too cold; this can cause yellowing of leaves too. Good luck!...See MoreKentia Palm - too much water or too little? Please help!
Comments (8)Really hard to overwater one of these as long as you have really well draining soil in a really well draining pot. Check the soil 1/2 day after you water... it should feel only barely damp, not sloggy... if it's still soaking wet, you have a drainage problem. You need to fix that so water really pours out the holes in the bottom when you water this palm... these palms however, are amazingly drought tolerant... I have forgotten to water mine sometimes for over a month and they show little damage from that abuse (indoors.. outdoors they suffer a bit more since they dry out faster). that's one of the reasons these make such good indoor palms... very tolerant of a wide range of conditions. Low light, high light, dry, moist etc. .. .but not sloggy soils.. they will start to rot then. So, If your pot drains super well and your soils are nice and really well draining, you can safely water this palm daily to weekly... should do fine either way... may grow faster the more you water it, though. Every few months you need to really water it well- take it outdoors and water the heck out of it over and over again- this is rinse out the accumulated salts that tend to build up in the soil in potted plants. Heavy salt build ups are really hard on palm roots....See MoreIn distress, too much or not enough water?
Comments (8)I can tell you this much. After 4 years of killing plumerias, this much I've learned about where I live. I will have to grow my plants in pots until they are big. One of my cuttings almost died from the heat, it looks like dehydration. It was drying like a little raisin. Had me fooled for a while there I thought it was stem rot, but no the stem was perfect. I moved that pot to the shade and about 1 week later my stems have become stronger and a couple of my leaves finally popped open today. A few other my plumies, love to be drowning in water. I almost killed a $30 cutting (Donald Angus) that I bought at Exotic Plumerias in Riverview by drowning it to death. Now all I have is a 6 inches left. I've had it 2 months and still not 1 leaf has grown on the blasted thing. Another cutting I found (at Bush Garden, Singapore Frangipani)is about 1 inch tall. I stuffed the whole thing in a tiny pot and about 2 weeks ago and it looks like a little leaf is starting to poke out. I've kept that one very dry and in the shade My Aztek gold is in the ground loves the heat, and dies during the frost every winter. It's just a few inches tall except this year it gave me two branches for me to kill it seems. What an ambitious plant. For my birthday in June my better half thought it would be great to give me some cuttings from Hawaii. Finally almost 8 weeks after we got the cuttings I've started to make some progress. Last week I gave them fertilizer for the first time with Phosphorus, Nitrogen and Potassium. It seems to have done the trick and my leaves finally popped open on all of my plants. I have about 8 new cuttings that I'm trying to grow. Best advise for your right now, is try a little food for your tree. Summer time is the right time to fertilize plumerias. My new plan will be once a week, on the roots and the following week with a spritzer on the leaves. Well hope it helps and good luck! LL...See MoreHaworthia losing its green and browning, too much or too little water?
Comments (36)I noticed yesterday my Haworthia is starting to brown at the stem. It is only soft at the very end of the stem. Is this pot to big? How about coloration of all Haworthia? I live in Northwest Arkansas and our weather has been cooler than normal. I keep them outside on our front porch. I dusted them with Diatomaceous Earth. Our front porch faces north. We get sun only in the morning, but they do not get direct sun. Please advise me on any thing I can do to comfort them more. I use only rainwater when I water. I have a moisture meter to check levels of moisture in the soil. I am using a Terra cotta pot with a drainage hole. I have put small rocks in the bottom before I used soil. Is the pot to big? I hope you can see these pictures good enough to advise me. The 4 show are the only plants that have gone soft on me. Should I repot all of them to make sure the soil is not contaminated? The soil I use has a lot of course sand in it. Below is a picture of the soil. Then a picture of the location of my plants at 8:38 am. Please help me. I will do anything I need to do....See More1818 Federal (7bEC)
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