Hello all, I have a Philodendron in its original 14inch nursery pot about 8 ft away from a west facing window that gets a lot of afternoon sunlight. Iâve been following the care plan offered by Planta, but itâs starting to look sick. Iâm wondering if Iâm not giving it enough water⊠I watered about 4 days ago and the top 2 inches already feels dry. I believe I give it about 16 ounces of water when prompted. Should I increase that? Am I doing something else wrong perhaps?
From your picture it looks like it is maybe being overwatered, do you water from the top or bottom?
1 gillaThanks for the response. I water from the top.
0 gillningar It might have some root rot
0 gillningarOh boy⊠Iâm going to have to figure out how I can get it out of its pot indoors to check. Itâs a bit too chilly to take it outside.
0 gillningar I know that feeling, time to lay out some news paper, I actually ordered a small folding mat from Temu for repotting it is handy for inside
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What type of philodendron is this?
0 gillningarSorry⊠I donât know the variety.
0 gillningarHi there.. I think it may be an âimperial redâ, I hope that helps.
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Whatâs your water like? Iâve seen lots of ârustingâ and discoloring of leaves if your water isnât great. If you have city water that could be the issue. Otherwise if itâs well water it might just be too âhardâ having too many minerals. Might try using some purified or distilled water as an experiment.
0 gillningarInteresting⊠we have city water. I can definitely try using distilled instead for a while to see if it improves though. Thank you :-)
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another good plant tip i learned thatâs cheaper than distilled water is a water conditioner used for aquariums. a drop or two will clear a lot of the chemicals used to treat water. the brand i buy is called API and costs like $8 and will last a long time.
0 gillningar I just have a counter top water filter. I fill it with tap water and the once it filters I fill a jug with water. Occasionally Iâll even boil the water, let it cool and then add it to the water jug. The filter will likely strip out some of the minerals as well. Granted minerals can be helpful but since you donât really know whatâs in the tap water itâs likely âtoo muchâ of something in it that a filter would pull out.
0 gillningar i would definitely slow down watering. i do love planta, but donât follow their watering schedule. i would invest in moisture meter and when the thing is in the 3-4 range, water it. i live in the desert where itâs hotter and i tend to water like every 20+ days.
1 gillaHmmm,.. I have noticed that Planta may have me overwatering a baby rubber plant I added before I got the Philodendron. It was doing just fine until I started following the appâs watering schedule đą. And I do have a water meter⊠I guess I just need to trust it and use it more religiously. Thank you.
0 gillningar If you do choose to use the water schedule maybe just add much less water.
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