I got my pilea almost 3 months ago and although I was told it was a fast growing plant, it’s not really growing. It sits in front of a grow light around 8hrs a day (I don’t have windows in my office where it is). I repotted it when I first got it and put it in a chunky soil mix and I’ve been watering it when the pot feels light, but I see how everybody else’s is so full and I’m not sure what to do.
How do you handle it when this happens to you?
Just got home from 5 weeks away and my pilea is getting browning leaves, why? It’s in pon
Overfertilizing/ Fungi, it’s in low light , at first it grew like crazy but then it started growing small deformed leaves and now they are browning.
okay so i’ve had this plant for 4.5 years now and we’ve been through a lot together. this pilea was my first ever plant and im now the proud plant parent of 20+ plants. i’ll be the first to admit, i got lazy. i kept putting off buying her a proper pole to keep her upright and tied her to the window handle of my living room when i repotted her as a short-term solution which i planned to fix within a few days. fast forward about 2.5 months (eeek i know) and i finally bought an actual support pole. the window she was tied to and pushed up against is the brightest window in my flat, we are up a few floors and it gets Hours of direct sunlight a day. she’s obviously got a lot of sunburn, curly leaves and discolouring - especially on the newer leaves. i had to repot her again to put the support pole in which i ordinarily would not have done as i know they don’t like to be repotted too often but needs must. beyond leaving her alone in this pot and keeping her away from the direct light of that silly window is there anything else i can/should do to get her back to her thriving and gorgeous self? her first gen daughter is now bigger and healthier than she is and i feel so guilty i left her in that window for so long lol. should i cut the lower sunburned leaves? any advice would be super appreciated! thanks all <3
I ended up with a single stalk plant. I’m unfamiliar with how these grow; I’ve never had one before. Will it get more leaves or is this all there will be?
Hi everyone! I’ve had this pilea since the beginning of this year and she has grown like crazy since getting her. When I first bought it, she was in a 2 inch self watering pot and was kept under a generic amazon halo grow light.
Since then, i’ve upgraded my setup and built an ikea cabinet with barrina lights, where she currently sits. The cabinet gets about 12 hrs of light a day, with the barrina lights giving off about 600 fc where she is. The cabinet sits at around 50-60% humidity and around 75-80 degrees.
I’ve noticed that once I moved her to the cabinet a few months ago new leaf growth started curling under itself. When trying to research about it, I got mixed results with some sites saying it needs more light while others say it’s too much. I’m not really sure what to change. I didn’t have this issue when using my generic amazon grow lights, but they’re now being used for different plants.
I’ve since repotted it into a 3.5 inch pot but it honestly looks like she can go up another size because she’s starting to look root bound again. I water once a week and since it’s summer i’ve fertilized with every watering.
I’d appreciate any help! I’d love to get her back to where she was with flat leaves. 🥲
We were graciously given some lovely housewarming gifts this summer and this may be my favorite! However, every plant I have stays pretty stagnant with routine watering and preferred sunlight (based on research). I’ve had this guy for about 1 month and I am not noticing any droop-age or growth. Should I consider repotting and adding plant food? Also, I plan to remove the decorative moss to avoid mold etc. for context, we live in the Rocky Mountains with dry climate/minimal humidity.
Hello, my dear pilea seems to be in pain since a while.
I had it at the begining of the spring, it was way smaller.
I put her next to a north-east window and she has morning sun. I feed her when she's dry or almost. I though she was having her best time because she has doubled in size and even gave a baby !
But 2 months agos she started having this yellowish colored leaves. It's not overwatering, the stems and leaves are still ferm.
It looks like a chlorosis problem. My tap water (I cannot have rain water) is mid soft/hard and my other plants seems to enjoy it (2 Peperomias, 2 pothos, 2 baby pilea mojitos, 1 Aglaonema, 1 philo birkin). So I don't know where it could come from ? Soil ? Water ?
I think I'll repot it soon in a better soil (it's still the plant nursery bad soil) but I don't know what to do with the yellowish leaves.
So here are my questions :
Thanks for your help :D
My pilea peperomioides has been looking quite sad and unfortunately I snapped the plant stem whilst watering.
Is there anything I can do to save it?
Any advice would be welcome.
The plant is in a light room but out of indirect light. I wait till the soil is dry before I water.
Thanks x
I have 2 mature pileas in a nursery pot with lots of babies sprouting. They have grown a lot this year and the stems are curved. Should I stake them? Ok to keep them together? TIA 🫶
what can i do to help my pilea grow fuller? she seems so spindly right now. i did a big chop MONTHS ago because she was getting really leggy and sparse, and planted all of the shoots in the soil, which have rooted and are growing little leaves now. is this too many babies in one pot? should i separate? any advice is appreciated!
light info: living in southern california and all my windows are NE facing. she is as close to the window as she can be without literally being outside. i rotate her every week.
watering info: i water her only when her soil is dry. i check by sticking my finger into the soil.
She has baby’s pushing out. She seems to be doing super well. Is it time to go up in pot size or should I keep it in this pot for a little while longer?
I have this Pilea for couple of months. It has been growing great. The few damaged leaves are there since before i bought it.
The new leaves on top are weird. I know there is better way to explain it but thats the problem that i have.
I am trying to search and i am getting random responses from no water no a lot of water to no light or to much light.
At the moment i have 500fc light on the side and 300fc on top for 12-14 hours per day. Watering every 5 days when soil is dry and just repotted her yesterday into new pot because it was getting dry to fast.
I know leaves are like that when they come out but they seem already firm and dark. Any advice is welcome
I chopped today. Can’t wait to reap the rewards.
I was super scared I had just killed one of my oldest houseplants. Two weeks later and im so happy with my decision.
Two days ago I woke up with my pilea main stem snapped & hanging at a 90 degree angle. When I say snapped I mean it was literally broken. My cats decided to be extra bad..
I immediately grabbed something to prop her up (paint brush) & I used small velcro strips to attach her against the paint brush. Almost as if I am grafting it with itself.
It has been two days & she doesn’t look bad????
Is there hope?? Do I keep the plant attached to the paint brush forever or will it heal itself eventually?
Brought this guy yesterday and he's developed these spots since he came home with me! Could it be the shock of moving, or is it something else? What to do...should I put him in a permanent sunny place, or quarantine first? He was under grow lights in a dark corner of a store. Also stem is extremely bent. Greatly appreciated any advice or info...