Bacteria in soil
#PinkPrincessPhilodendron Hello. I have had my plant for about a month and a half and repotted it a couple weeks ago. Shortly after attempting to bottom water, I noticed a white fungus/ bacterial growth in the soil. I am unsure weather to repot again in fresh soil, but it is not doing well at the moment.
2ft to light, indirect
5” pot with drainage
Last watered 3 days ago
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@AmiableKatsura I would for sure repot it, it looks really like root rot the fungus also indicates that the soil was too wet for too long 😅 if the roots feel slimy or mushy often they also look brown and smell like fungus than is probably root rot. What you have to do is cut off any roots that look and feel infected after that you wash of the plant and treat the roots with diluted hydrogen peroxide to disinfect her and than repot her in dryer and fresh soil and hold of watering it until the first 2 inches of soil feel dry. Good luck and remember she is gonna take some time to heal ☺️
@AmiableKatsura
When you repot it, use a lightweight plastic pot about 1/2 the size of the pretty deco pot you have it in now. Add some cheap (clean/sanitized) gravel or rocks to the bottom of the pretty pot, then set the plant in its new smaller pot on top of the gravel.
I'm not sure if the current pot you have it in has drainage holes or not, but in my experience, those pretty pots as "planters" are certain death for water sensitive plants... especially when they're over-potted! The more dirt you have, the longer it takes to dry out. That plant can't possibly use all of the water that amount of soil will hold. If that pot has drainage holes and you're dead set on keeping it in that size pot, then you need to remove about 1/2 of the soil and replace it with pumice or lava rocks.
If it does not have drainage holes, it's doomed to certain death, if it stays in that pot.
When you repot it, use a lightweight plastic pot about 1/2 the size of the pretty deco pot you have it in now. Add some cheap (clean/sanitized) gravel or rocks to the bottom of the pretty pot, then set the plant in its new smaller pot on top of the gravel.
I'm not sure if the current pot you have it in has drainage holes or not, but in my experience, those pretty pots as "planters" are certain death for water sensitive plants... especially when they're over-potted! The more dirt you have, the longer it takes to dry out. That plant can't possibly use all of the water that amount of soil will hold. If that pot has drainage holes and you're dead set on keeping it in that size pot, then you need to remove about 1/2 of the soil and replace it with pumice or lava rocks.
If it does not have drainage holes, it's doomed to certain death, if it stays in that pot.