My plants aren't doing so hot. I have most likely over watered them. I don't want them to die so now I am asking for help.
They are all located next to the only window in my apartment and I use a plant lamp when there is only a little daylight. (In these pictures they are in my kitchen as I m doing some operations)
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My Christmas cactus is always droopy, I water it like once week, when it's dry
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My monstera has always looked like that, severely depressed. I'm surprised it has succeeded to produce one more little leaf. It's a cutting from my mothers monstera. I feel that the soil is the wrong type for it. I also water it once a week
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A few leaves of my pothos have turned yellow. Other than that it's doing good. I water it about once a week
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I have over watered my cactus baby đ Is there any possible way for it to not rot away? I haven't watered it for a while
All advice is appreciatedđ
by AggravatingOkra4889
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Watering once a week is wild. Hold off until completely dry and up your lighting.
It looks like you’ve got some sap sucking plant pests (the brown/silvery marks are the evidence of that). I’d recommend giving them all a good wash and repotting them. Make sure there’s drainage holes and NEVER water on a schedule- always stick your finger in the soil and only water if it’s completely dry. The cactus may only want a few drinks a year!
Edit to add: it’s not too easy to tell with photos but your soil looks quite compact and like it’s maybe soil from outside/the ground? Either way I would re-pot into any all purpose compost mixed with perlite and don’t squish it down too much.
They are all.screaming for more light
it has root rot. the plant can not get water. you must root the plant in water again. Cut the bad off it, put in the glass of water the part that are living. as close to it you can get. You did over water that plant. so you must find a part on it to root. start new. do not over water next time. see what happens is some moisture stayed in root ball and it never dried. On the new plant rember it looks like this if it gets too dry as well. It looks like this if over watered. so pay attention to the amount given and the time it dries. good luck.
on a large plant they go a month with out water. They are a succulent but like cati donot need lots of water.
you know just root part of the plant and the old one donot water in for a longer time. it may come along. But chances are root rot going to spread up the middle inside plant kill all. so at least root a part of it so is no total loss.
cati the end picture you can water every other month. they do not need much water at all , the thin leaved ones maybe week and half water space. careful they do need water more but every plant needs sun to use the water. warm heat not cold no drafts.
the Christmas Catus is a wilting in too wet root ball. That is what it looks like. Now you know what not to do.
A Christmas catus or a Zygo Catus only that are this big need water once a month . Not a lot either maybe a Cup water. or half a cup.Once a month.
Overwatering results in yellowing, dropping leaves. Plants need a thorough soaking when watered but then they need to dry out. Do not give it little sips. You can tell a difference in the plant when it needs watered. Succulents get wilty and the color isnât the same brightness. A thorough watering will pop it back up. Donât water again until it gets droopy.
In the meantime, gently twist off sections of 1 to 4 healthy leaves and put them in dirt. They will root and fill out your pot. If root rot has already destroyed the main plant, your new starters will replicate it. You might consider propagating in another pot since that one doesnât seem to have much room.
If you are watering once a week and saying it is dry switch to bottom watering: stick it in a dish of water and keep adding water till it stops âdrinking it upâ
Iâve had some luck with my Christmas cactus (which once looked depressed like yours but now looks beautiful and has a whole new outlook on life) with sprinkling maybe a teaspoon of sugar on the soil once every couple months. I water maybe once every three weeks.
I think they would all benefit with a repot. You can put them back in the same containers, but just get them some better draining soil. At the very least, get you a bag of potting soil & a bag of perlite and for the cacti mix l cup soil to 1 cup perlite, for the others you could prob do 2 cups soil & 1 cup perlite. There are other soil amendments that you can mix in as well (earth worm castings, vermiculite, etc) but these are the basics.
Check the roots on your cactus, if they are rotten, cut them back until you see no more rot (even if you have to cut into the body of the cactus), let it callous for a day and then stick it back in the soil and it will root.
You have a true Christmas Cactus, which is not grown commercially anymore. You should be watering it when the top inch gets dry and give it plenty of light.
I found a Christmas Cactus this past Christmas in a small nursery in the side of a mountain. I learned that it’s native to Brazil so I started giving it more light and water than my Thanksgiving cactus. It’s thriving and putting out a ton of new growth. I’m planning on giving the Thanksgiving Cactus the same treatment as soon as I can repot it.
Christmas cactus needs reporting bigger home.and water will bounce back. Same w your monstera little room to grow never hurt anyone
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As soon as the summer arrives but it outside in the sun, do it every summer that makes them happy. Do not expose to sudden cold like a window or on the ground.