I got my plant a couple weeks ago and I got about a week ...
I got my plant a couple weeks ago and I got about a week until I get paid. I’m using ground up egg shells, coffee grounds, cucumber water. I’ve had to cut a few brown parts off. I had to move the plant cause the leaves were turning pale it’s now near a humidifier cause I have AC due to breathing problems. This is my first plant and was given to me so I’m kinda nervous
1ft to light, indirect
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 3 weeks ago
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Stop putting coffee grounds and egg shells and cucumber water on it. Why exactly were you using those things? Let the soil almost completely dry out between waterings, Syngoniums don't like sitting in soggy soil. And avoid YouTube videos telling you to do this and that, there's a lot of bad info out there, some borders on ridiculous. Just use common sense and let your plant do its thing.
@AceCyclamen52 ok, I was just going based off the cucumber water, eggshells, and coffee grounds and you saying you doom googled lol
@AceCyclamen52 I know what doom searching means, I was just using YouTube and TikTok as examples of places full of bad plant care info. I am curious what plant care site told you to use egg shells, coffee grounds, and cucumber water though
I don’t even know anymore. I do remember them saying don’t use all the time. I remember it saying that it said this could be used as a temporary compost thing like I said I used it once and it didn’t really do much so I was like I’m not wasting the time pulling out the blender to ground up eggshells and keep coffee grounds around I’ll just buy a bottle of liquid plant food some new soil and a new pot. I might not need the liquid plant food right away, but at least I’ll have it.
@AceCyclamen52 if you want to look into organic liquid fertilizer, you dilute it and use it at every watering. That's what I use w/ all my plants, then once or twice during the active growing season I'll feed them a balanced fertilizer. I like the organic route because there's no chemicals, so zero risk of fertilizer burn. Store bought potting soil already has fertilizer in it anyway, which is good for 1-2 years before the nutrients get leeched out from waterings and need to be replaced. We The Wild makes an organic liquid growth concentrate I've been using for a few years now w/ great results.
When you get your supplies for repotting, a great base soil for almost all plants is cactus or succulent soil. Then you can add things like perlite (for grit) or orchid bark (for "chunk") as needed depending on the plant. All my Syngoniums are in a mix of cactus soil, perlite, and coco chips (good substitute for orchid bark, I get blocks in the reptile dept at the pet store for cheap). Something like 3 parts cactus soil, 2 parts orchid bark/coco chips, and 1 part perlite is a great mix for Syngoniums. If you're also getting a new pot for it, make sure it's no more than 2-3" bigger than its current pot (when a pot is too big for a plant it can lead to overwatering). They're not the prettiest, but standard plastic nursery pots w/ tons of drainage holes at the bottom are ideal for this type of plant. Although plastic is non-porous, nursery pots are very thin so there's still good airflow to the soil, which is important for helping it dry out quickly.
When you get your supplies for repotting, a great base soil for almost all plants is cactus or succulent soil. Then you can add things like perlite (for grit) or orchid bark (for "chunk") as needed depending on the plant. All my Syngoniums are in a mix of cactus soil, perlite, and coco chips (good substitute for orchid bark, I get blocks in the reptile dept at the pet store for cheap). Something like 3 parts cactus soil, 2 parts orchid bark/coco chips, and 1 part perlite is a great mix for Syngoniums. If you're also getting a new pot for it, make sure it's no more than 2-3" bigger than its current pot (when a pot is too big for a plant it can lead to overwatering). They're not the prettiest, but standard plastic nursery pots w/ tons of drainage holes at the bottom are ideal for this type of plant. Although plastic is non-porous, nursery pots are very thin so there's still good airflow to the soil, which is important for helping it dry out quickly.