Shoutout to the guy at the Portland plant swap who corrected my watering routine

I kept losing my string of pearls to root rot, and for years I thought it was just bad luck. He pointed out I was watering on a weekly schedule like my other succulents, but these guys need way less, maybe every three weeks in my dry apartment. That small change made me see I was treating all my plants the same instead of learning what each one actually needs. Anyone else have a plant that totally flipped the script on your usual care rules?

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vera_johnson97d ago

Read something similar about mimicking a plant's natural habitat for watering.

knight.felix7d ago

Honestly, watering every three weeks instead of every week? That's such a tiny change, it feels like people make plant care way more complicated than it needs to be. They're just plants, not kids with a strict schedule. Mine get watered when they look sad and I remember, and they're fine. Sometimes I think we overthink this stuff for no real reason.

joel_clark377d ago

Totally get where you're coming from. My plants survive on neglect and good intentions too. Feels like half the advice is just noise.