Sea Sandwort
5.0 out of 5 (1 experiences)
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
Also known as
Seaside sandplant, Honckenya, Sea chickweed, Sea pimpernal, Sea-beach sandwort and Sea purslane
Taxonomy
Honckenya peploides
Honckenya
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllales
How to care for Sea Sandwort
How often to water your Sea Sandwort
every 9
Sea Sandwort needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
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Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Sea Sandwort in your home
a window
Sea Sandwort love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Sea Sandwort does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Sea Sandwort in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Sea Sandwort
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Sea Sandwort after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Moss in the soil? So I think there may be some moss growing on the inside of my succulents’ pots?? They’ve been in these pots for a bit and I don’t water frequently (but when I do I bottom water for around 20mins, and then place these ones in particular on a towel to help pull out extra moisture through the crude drainage holes). I’ve only noticed this moss(?) in the last day or so, and I’m wondering if it’s something that I need to deal with. My two succulents look otherwise healthy. #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #SucculentLove #BlueColumnarCactus #SeaSandwort #SoilMix #Moss
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Does anyone find that perlite keeps their soil wet? My #SeaSandwort hasn’t been growing since I got her, and I repotted her a fair while ago with a perlite/potting soil mix. I’ve given her one water since then, and the soil is still wet. It doesn’t seem to be causing any issues atm, but I’m concerned that it might. I’ve also just had to repot my #ChineseMoneyPlant which had a perlite mix because the soil had stayed so wet for so long that it had gone mouldy. Granted, it’s been very humid here in the uk, but I was having these issues even before the humidity shot up. It’s just weird that my #Echeveria is perfectly happy in her terracotta pot with a perlite/potting soil mix (the exact same I used for my money plant), and they were on the same windowsill, but one went mouldy and the other didn’t. Granted, the pits that have the issues with wet soil are plastic, but all have drainage and a lot of perlite. I soaked the perlite in a teensy bit of water before mixing into the soil as the bag recommended, and I’m worried that contributed to the issues. So yeah. Any thoughts? #PlantAddict #SoilMix #perlite #SucculentLove #PlantTherapy #PlantsMakePeopleHappy
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To cut or not to cut Hiya, so today was repotting day for my babies, and when I was repotting my #SeaSandwort , I noticed the bottom two leaves were really quite unhealthy, and it concerned me quite a lot. This poor baby already had some scarred leaves when I got her and I was already concerned enough about how to sort that, but these leaves are much worse than the others. Should I cut them off or leave them be? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! #RepottingDay #BabyPlants #SucculentLove #SucculentSquad #NewPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict
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Sea Sandwort turning red? Hi everyone so I’m a bit concerned about my sea Sandwort. Her main stem has been turning red (only on the side facing the window), and the end of the secondary stem seems to be turning brown (even though I trimmed off some excess brown bit). She’s still in a nursery pot as is due a water in a day or two. Any idea what’s happening? #SeaSandwort #succulent #SucculentSquad #unhappyplants #babyplants
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What am I, a lipstick plant (aeschynanthus Twister) or a seawort? Greg identifies as a Seawort. Thank you. #SeaSandwort
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Just grabbed a few from the beach to pot back home. Any specific care or are they easy to grow? #SeaSandwort
Care Summary for Sea Sandwort
Sea Sandwort
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Fast grower 1
Easy to propagate 1