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title: "New baby rubber plant, any tips on how to bring it to life a bit?"
description: "New baby rubber plant, any tips on how to bring it to life a bit?"
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# New baby rubber plant, any tips on how to bring it to life a bit?

_Pubblicato da Kaleb 🪴 il 2025-07-07_

New baby rubber plant, any tips on how to bring it to life a bit?

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## 5 commenti

### Snowstorm ha commentato il 2025-07-07

Awwww adorable!!! 😍😍😍 Give her a bit of time to adjust to her new home. They grow semi quick in bright light (they’re fast but not pothos quick) check the roots to see if she maybe needs a repot too. Mine took OFF once I up-potted him.

#### Kaleb 🪴 ha risposto il 2025-07-07

Thank you, shes got a lovely spot on my window ive gave her a water and ill do an update in a few days!

#### Snowstorm ha risposto il 2025-07-07

Yes please do!!! She’s looking great so far!

### Adrian ha commentato il 2025-07-07

I have a ton of peperomias and they’re one of my favorites. Here’s what I’d recommend from caring for mine:

\- Try to keep the leaves dry during waterings. Placing the plant in a bowl/container with water for 10-20 minutes, then resting it to dry is a great way to water it without getting the leaves wet.  
\- Wait at least 11-14 days before waterings. Let the soil completely dry out between waterings. Keep leaves dry and bottom-water.  
\- An easy way to check if the soil is dry enough is to stick a bamboo/barbecue skewer all the way to the bottom of the soil, then taking it out. If the soil sticks to it, wait at least 2 days, then check again. If the skewer comes out clean and dry, with nothing sticking to it, it should be safe to water. I use Planta more like a scheduled timer to check if the soil is dry enough to water rather than a surefire schedule to water it every time. You can change your plant’s individual settings to a “custom watering schedule” to fit how often you’re currently watering them, and change it any time to adjust to your plant’s specific drying habits.  
\- Misting and pebble trays don’t really increase humidity for plants, and misting can damage some plants. A top-filling humidifier is much more effective for humidity-loving houseplants.  
\- Enjoys part-sun, part-shade to full-sun/at least 4-6 hours of sunlight.  
\- Common problems are yellow leaves (overwatering), edema (poor soil drainage/temperature/humidty changes), shriveled leaves (too little/too much sun), and drooping leaves (underwatering).  
\- Treat mealybugs with isopropyl alcohol on a q-tip. Don’t let the alcohol touch the soil. Treat fungus gnats with mosquito bit tea, sticky traps, and repotting.  
\- Best kept at 64-77°F. Lowest survivable temperature is 41°F.  
\- Repot every year with cactus and succulent/epiphytic/bromeliad/orchid potting mix. Avoid Miracle Grow’s soil, even their cactus mix. I use Espoma’s Organic Cactus and Succulent mix for all my peperomias.  
\- They like being more snug in their pots, and even get a little root-bound. Don’t repot it in any pot more than 1-2 inches in diameter to the width of the plant’s root ball. They need to either be in a terra cotta pot with at least one large drainage hole, or a plastic pot with multiple drainage holes. Avoid glazed ceramic pots for these as they will hold too much moisture that this plant cannot handle.

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#### Nunyabzwx ha risposto il 2025-07-07

Great advice!!

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