Help. Was thriving, then the season started to change and...
I got this little lady in July. She has been doing great and thriving. The weather started to cool here, and this little girl is located in my bathroom with corner windows that are both North and West, no direct sunlight, I have sheer curtains and a tinted window cling on the west one. I haven’t overwatered that I know of. She started to have stems look like they had been pinched or damaged, starting about 2 weeks ago? (See pic of a fallen one for reference). She has lost about 5 leaves with stems. She is still a baby. A week ago, I repotted her from a 6” to a 4”, added some perlite to the soil to make sure she wasn’t getting soggy, and to make sure she wasn’t getting overwatered. As you can see from the photos she’s looking droopy and haggard. Her plant card is what she looked like about 2 weeks ago. She lost another stem leaf last night! No pests that I can see. Help! #Pilea #HappyPlants #Help
2ft to light, indirect
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 2 years ago
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@TheOddAsity hi there. This is actually a “friendship” plant not an aluminum plant but they are similar. Sometimes stressing the plant out in reporting it can cause the plant to go into shock. As I read your profile it seems like everything is okay though. Are the windows by chance drafty ?
@TheOddAsity if it were my plant what I would do is put a top dressing of polished pebbles on top to help regulate moisture (moisture escapes and the more fluctuation you have the more stressful). Next I would put a wick in it so that you can rig a self watering system for it with a saucer of water. It’s not the most elegant solution but it helps mitigate a lot of the factors that could be causing issues
@TexanExpat ok, friendship plant… I just looked it up. Is it the pilea ovalis one?
Also, not drafty. It’s the north corner , so it has cooled down, but it’s a living area so no cooler than 66 degrees F at night. I have a lot of “self watering” pots with wicks, absolutely love them. I will see what I have, I’m not sure I have a small one. I need to get some pebbles. For this one and a few others.
Also, not drafty. It’s the north corner , so it has cooled down, but it’s a living area so no cooler than 66 degrees F at night. I have a lot of “self watering” pots with wicks, absolutely love them. I will see what I have, I’m not sure I have a small one. I need to get some pebbles. For this one and a few others.
@TheOddAsity yes I love self watering plants. They really save my bacon. I don’t recommend repotting it right now as that could be a stressor too much at this point. You just want the hydration to be regulated to the plants liking so installing a wick and letting it settle is ideal for now. For future reference check out the lechuza Deltini planter which is perfect for these planes. It comes with pon substrate which these plants LOVE which takes away the guesswork for whether mix has enough drainage