Looking for advice on my struggling Pilea 😭
I’ve had this Pilea for about a year. This winter I unexpectedly ended up away from my NYC apartment for almost 3 months, and I honestly thought it would be dead when I got back. Surprisingly, it still had tiny growth points, so I’ve been trying to rehab it for the last ~2 months.
It’s still in the original nursery soil/pot because I was worried repotting would stress it more. It gets bright indirect light near an east-facing window, some morning sun, and I only water once the soil dries significantly. I also lightly fertilized for the first time last week.
The problem is that it keeps pushing out tiny new leaves/babies, then aborting them. This is basically the only leaf it has managed to keep. The center growth point is still green/alive, but growth has been super slow, and now this leaf seems droopier too.
At this point I can’t tell if it’s slowly recovering or just stuck in limbo. Would you:
- leave it alone?
- repot it?
- prune/chop it?
- anything else?
Attaching photos from the last two months for context. Would really appreciate any thoughts from people who’ve rehabbed a severely stressed Pilea before 🥲