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Posted 1Y ago by @Greenest_Thumb

Leaves are paling, some turning yellow and falling off… a...

#Pilea
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
Hi! Usually yellow leaves mean too much water. Let it dry out some more - or if you want, try to repot it in some fresh dry soil. πŸŒ±β˜€οΈβ€οΈ
Mine did that when it got too much water or got watered too often. It can be a very picky plant! πŸͺ΄ The success I’ve had is to let it dry out some before watering. It seems to be a shallow rooted plant so I’m careful to not let the soil get too wet because it just sits in the bottom of the pot and gets icky. I also alternate top watering and bottom watering. I used to bottom water everything but with the fragile trailing plants like Pilea and string of pearls too much water on top can make their stems rot and too much water in the soil leads to root rot. I’ve lost the OG pilea I had but propped some cuttings and so she lives on! The offspring likes it drier than I thought a pilea would like. Also interestingly enough has done better since I had to cover her up at night. she’s a workplace plant now and we have store cats 🐈 that come in at night so I have to protect her and them! I put a plastic container over her and she’s looking πŸ‘€ better than ever. It must increase the humidity I’m guessing πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ πŸ€·πŸ‘