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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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author: "Ele"
published: "2024-09-21T18:54:01.186287Z"
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# Help me save my string of turtles please! It's been slowly dying over…

_Geplaatst door Ele op 2024-09-21_

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.

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## 8 reacties

### hailey reageerde op 2024-09-21

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

### Alyssa reageerde op 2024-09-22

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 2024 antwoordde op 2024-09-22

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

#### Alyssa antwoordde op 2024-09-22

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

#### DeGraysen antwoordde op 2024-09-23

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

### Mosstachio reageerde op 2024-09-22

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.

#### Ele antwoordde op 2024-09-28

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

#### Mosstachio antwoordde op 2024-09-29

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

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