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title: "Help me save my string of turtles please! It's been slowly dying over…"
description: "Help me save my string of turtles please! It's been slowly dying over the last six months and I think it's barely clinging to life. I water it on schedule with…"
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# Help me save my string of turtles please! It's been slowly dying over…

_Ele님이 2024-09-21에 게시함_

Help me save my string of turtles please! It's been slowly dying over the last six months and I think it's barely clinging to life. I water it on schedule with Planta. Should I repot? I've seen these inside glass jars - should I try that? I'm at a loss.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Uv4OYAYDe0IgquBBC-qfj_vMXH8UKI0CiCY9iVwknUU/zTL_3ADdRbWkP5j03Sim4A.webp?size=large)

## 8개의 댓글

### hailey님이 2024-09-21에 댓글을 남겼어요.

i think i would take cuttings of it and propagate off those while you wait for further remedy advice on your mother plant

### Alyssa님이 2024-09-22에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Watering string of plants is like playing Russian roulette, but if you’re doing it according to planta it’s definitely dying of root rot from overwatering

#### B-Angie-B 2024님이 2024-09-22에 답변했습니다.

I’m pretty new to Planta and gardening. Do you find that the app recommends watering too often?

#### Alyssa님이 2024-09-22에 답변했습니다.

Hi! Yeahhh, most the time unfortunately, it’s a helicopter parent of an app lol, I use the watering notifications as mere suggestions to check the soil or look at the leaves to see if they are curling or not as stiff. I usually have to snooze the notification a few times before the plant actually needs it

#### DeGraysen님이 2024-09-23에 답변했습니다.

Agreed! The app lets me know when to check if they need water - but I snooze half of the time.

### Mosstachio님이 2024-09-22에 댓글을 남겼어요.

String of turtles is a peperomia and should be watered as such (most peperomia are epiphytic (grow on other plants)). So, they have shallow, thicker roots to help them cling on to other plants. So, shallow pots are good, and chunky mixes of 3 parts orchid bark, 1.5 parts long fibered sphagnum, 1 part pumice, 1 part coco coir. They should be happy with that. The mix you have looks like a lot of peat moss which is super good at absorbing a lot of water... Until it dries and it becomes hydrophobic and nearly impossible to wet again.

#### Ele님이 2024-09-28에 답변했습니다.

Thank you for this I will try and move them into another mix!

#### Mosstachio님이 2024-09-29에 답변했습니다.

Let me know how it goes! Best of wishes to your string of turtles, hopefully it will recover quickly.

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