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Posted 1Y ago by @ritherose

Looking leggy what am I doing wrong

A couple of shoots have like fallen over and basically came out of the soil when I tried to straighten them. I thought lack of humidity might be the issue so I just added the pebble tray yesterday but I came on here to see if there's something else I'm missing. Thanks! #zzplant #planthelp
2ft to light, indirect
5โ€ pot with drainage
Last watered 2 years ago
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In my opinion, ZZs need to be neglected. ๏ฟผ(don't pay any attention to that one stem that's trying to get out of the pot. It's always been different than the others.)

my plant sits about 20 feet away from an eastern window. It hardly gets any light. It has exploded with growth in that spot.

I water my ZZ about once every six weeks or so. Because it doesn't get a lot of light, it doesn't need to be watered as often.

ZZ plants are very resilient but they don't like a lot of light and they don't like a lot of water. ๏ฟผ๏ฟผ๏ฟผ๏ฟผ
Probably just needs a bit more light. I've noticed all my leggy guys just need more light! Zzs seem to love light, so even some direct sun during the day won't hurt!

Edit: typo
Here is another one that is about 10 feet from an eastern window. I keep it in my bathroom. They don't care that much about humidity, so the pebble tray is probably giving it too much water. ๏ฟผ