Help! She's drooping but i don't know if i should water.

Miniie

Member
Last Saturday, i fed all of my plants.
I guess, this one was not due yet. I thought i would've been fine, but it wasn't.
It's almost been a week now, and i still have not watered. Once i noticed she was dropping, i placed her in front of the fan to try and get the soil to dry up a bit. It looked like she was starting to perk up but she's dropping again..
I felt the soil and it feels dry towards the top but towards the bottom it feels like i can go another day or maybe two without watering.
I don't know what to do. Help!

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melungeonman

Active Member
It looks like you gave it to much water initially. It takes a while to dry out and recover. The whole time its been wet its been feeding, now it has a slight overdose and will need to recover from that. Note the slight hooking down. lust let it dry out before giving it ANY water. Watch the top new growth this new growth is your new indicator. IT should start to look beter in a few days sometimes it can take up to a week or more.
 

Sativied

Well-Known Member
That's how a drowned plant looks like. Notice how the stems of the leaves go up first and then curve down. If they need water badly the stems of the leaves would go down directly from the main stem.

That said, when they get cold that bulge like that as well, placing a fan directly on it might therefore not be that helpful (depending on temps).

I drowned my fair share of plants - till I got a tensio meter (blumat), I can't grow decently on soil without it - but an easy way to dry the soil a bit at that stage is to remove the top layer of soil temporarily (without digging up roots and nothing close to the stem). Depending on light, temps and humidity levels 12-48 hours usually does it.

Unless the soil really start to dry out, crack and crumble, the last thing you want to do is give more water at this point. Good luck!
 
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