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title: "I’m thinking about just giving up on strings of things 🤦🏼"
description: "I’m thinking about just giving up on strings of things 🤦🏼"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Shayla"
published: "2026-08-23T03:49:11.573983Z"
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# I’m thinking about just giving up on strings of things 🤦🏼

_Posted by Shayla on 2026-08-23_

I’m thinking about just giving up on strings of things 🤦🏼

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## 8 comments

### Amie206 commented on 2026-08-23

Bottom water

#### Shayla replied on 2026-08-23

I did for the first time yesterday! I waited for the soil to be very dry so maybe that was an issue

#### Amie206 replied on 2026-08-23

I killed two string of pearls early! I gave up for a long time. I just got a varigated string of hearts. I only bottom water. Your pot might be too big as well.

### AcesHigh commented on 2026-08-23

Mine never did well indoors. They get really leggy. Even under grow lights. They do super well outdoors in shade. And outdoors you don’t really have to worry about over watering too much cause soil dries out pretty quickly. Sometimes I water them once a week, sometimes once every few weeks and have never had an issue when they were outdoors.

### Plantingsherry commented on 2026-08-23

Don’t give up yet. There’s still hope.

#### Shayla replied on 2026-08-23

😆

### Darlene commented on 2026-08-25

After looking at a bunch of different plant sites I have been doing this with all my string of plants. Filtered sun on the top of the plant, that makes mine happiest. Bottom water if possible, and remember don't over water. I mist the hanging parts of the plants lightly everyday in summer. Mine love it. If it wasn't so late I would include pictures but I'll just say this. My string of hearts is over 5 feet ling, string of pearls almost 3 feet, string of bananas 2 1/2 feet. New 2 months ago string of Dolphins and string of watermelons that didn't hang at all, already 6 inches long, new 2 weeks ago,string of rubies is already almost 3 inches long. I pot in a mix of potting mix, orchid bark and pearlite. Feed about every 3-4 weeks. I hope this helps.

#### Shayla replied on 2026-08-25

That’s impressive wow! Thanks for the tips. Here is what it looks like now… it’s holding on by a prayer

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