Hi there, Not a good idea to repot unless your plants need more soil. Unless they are drying out very frequently - every few days - then they don't need more soil or a larger pot. Why not simply put the 4-inch pots inside of the 6-inch hanging pots? It accomplishes what you want, spares the plants the trauma of repotting, and is a lot neater and cleaner. Will Creed Indoor Landscaper

Right out of the gate, Greg mills commented that the man sanding may have been used to sanding oaks and maples instead of softer woods. Australian cypress is harder that oak and maple, not softer. It can be fixed, as someone said, it's a resand, not another coat. icutmyfinger showed pics of them sanding. They said they used hummels but they are clearly Galaxy. This terrible sand job was caused by a few things. Bad grit choice that didn't sand evenly. Even though they first cut on an angle , the machine rode the knots and didn't cut them. ( let's put on a used belt, we can save money! ) After the angle they may have run other cuts at an angle, but I suspect this was a 36,80 job. The last cut ran straight and the rear wheel rode the knots and contributed to the waves. Also the machine is probably not well maintained or adjusted so a bad rear wheel, bad drum and incorrect pressure on the drum only exacerbated the problem. A hardplate, trio or similar planetary may have helped but these machines won't fix bad sanding. This is just plain bad sanding. Glennfc made a good point about 'why resand because they wanted a satin finish'. My guess: I'll bet that the owner of Reliable saw the bad sanding and used that as his excuse to resand and fix it, which was good. His second set of guys, who were also $1 a foot subs, did an equally terrible job, probably worse, since they obviously also had zero understanding of abrasives, grit sequence or best sanding practices. Jfcwood is correct on this: it's 100% Reliables fault and it's their responsibility to redo it. I'm sure he's spent a boatload on traffic, but I'll bet he didn't pay either of the subs for the lousy job. So he got his deposit, bought finish, didn't pay the subs and he still made money. Then he walked away. Jfcwood is way off on this: only 1 in 3 will notice. ?? This is a high end home, obviously, in Long Island with huge amounts of light coming through huge windows. His friends and company are used to looking at quality. This floor job is complete garbage and needs to be redone Here's the only exception: If he chose his floor company based on lowest price, then he deserves this. If he talked Reliable down in price, he deserves this whole mess. i hope icutmyfinger got a remedy for this, as it's a black eye on the whole industry. If he didn't and wants to I have 3 friends on Long Island that aren't afraid of "exotic wood" and have extensive experience with best sanding practices and this is my opinion based on 32 years of sanding floors, making mistakes, fixing the mistakes and learning from my mistakes. My math may be suspect, however I was referring only to the remedies suggested, and the causes. Id sill be interested in knowing how this turned out if you guys are in Phoenix, stop me and say hello. I'll be teaching in TechZone

How do you determine when it's time to water? It looks like the result of excess water in the soil for extended periods; and, a high level of dissolved solids (salts) in the soil might be a contributing factor. When your soil is too wet, it limits your plant's ability to take up water, which results in a drought response. The first thing most plants do when threatened with drought is start shedding leaves to conserve water, even if the roots are drowning in a sea of plenty. Too, high salt levels in the soil work in combination with an excess of water to further limit water uptake. Enough salt in the soil can actually reverse the movement of water into cells and actually pull water out of cells (reverse osmosis) in exactly the same way that curing salt pulls moisture from meats like ham/ bacon/ jerky, ..... When you water, you should water thoroughly, so at least 15-20% of the volume of water required to fully wet the soul exits through the drain hole. Then, the plant should never sit in the effluent (water that has moved through the soil and out the drain). That practice provides a pathway back into the soil for all the salts that were flushed from the soil when you watered. In passing, it should be mentioned that root congestion causes loss of older leaves, as does decreasing light levels, but given the rotted appearance of the leaf stems, I'm thinking your issue is related to poor root health. You might lift the plant from the pot and inspect the roots to see what condition they're in, and start using a 5/16" wooden dowel rod (any hardware store), sharpened in a pencil sharpener to test the soil's moisture content. Stick it deep into the pot. If it comes out wet or stained dark from the soil, withhold water until it comes out almost completely dry. There will still be sufficient available water at that point to satisfy your plant's need for moisture. I think you'll find the info below to be helpful. Growing Overview Sick or Dying Plants? Al

That isn't watermelon peperomia. That's peperomia frost. They actually like a lot less light. Mine is on the second shelf of a plant shelf and is about 18" from a grow light. It does very well and retains all its frosty color there. I sometimes ignore it for too long and it will wilt. Then I water thoroughly and let it sit in a saucer of water for 20 minutes. Then I dump out the remaining water and let it sit in the sink for a bit to make sure the pot has drained off before placing it back in its home. I suspect yours is either getting too much light or possibly too much water. My suggestion would be to cut off all the ugly leaves. Also cut off all the inflorescenses because they drain energy from the plant. Then put it in lower light. Let it dry completely before watering again. You might want to also try to pull it out of the pot to see how the roots look. Hope this helps.