Hello, idk what is wrong with this plant. One part of it is doing ok but everyday I notice some parts of it dying like the ones in the pic. I changed the position to get more Sun, water it a bit more but still the same. Any idea?
by Alternative_Milk1778
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This looks like a fittonia. I have two of these and they do not like to dry out. I’ve been trying to maintain damp soil and keep them in indirect light. That has been working for me. You might have to trim those droopy leaves if they dont bounce back after a good watering. Good luck!
Fittonias dont follow the rule of waiting for the soil to be dry before watering them, they like to have a somewhat wet soil and they will let you know it by dramatically fainting.
Three ideas:
1) You’re using pot-inside-a-pot, so might turn out that the actual pot is small, hard to tell with that photo. But in your boots that would be the number one thing I’d investigate.
2) Fittonias don’t like direct sunlight, but that’s not how mine reacts to it so most likely not the case.
3) Fittonias are quite capricious when it comes to watering. It doesn’t look like underwatering, mine just gets all droopy in this case. It might be overwatering though.
Fittonias are drama queens, just water it and check again in a few hours, it’ll be good as new
I have one and found this out the hard way. Let the soil completely dry out and it looks like it was dying. The leaves looked similar to yours and were drooping all over the side of the pot. Just so dramatic. I gave it a bunch of water, set it on the counter and it the next morning. It was perfect again. Hope this helps
I put mine in a sealed glass jar, watered the hell out of it 6 months ago and it’s been cooking like a chef ever since, friend!
Futonias like higher humidity. The best way to do that is to keep it well watered and put it in the cloche or a glass container of some sort where the humidity will be kept up and then it will flourish. To the point where you have a jungle which you have to try to deal with or replant with cuttings and remove the rest. I have one that’s a jungle.