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Indoor plant :(

ozma83ozma83 Posts: 38
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hello! Can anyone tell me why this is happening to my plant? What am I doing wrong? 

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    The usual problems are over or under watering, too much or too little light, placing it in a draught or in a room which gets too cold at night and lack of nutrients in the compost.

    Where do you keep it, how much light is it getting and how warm or cold is it and when did it last have fresh compost and/or feed?
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • ozma83ozma83 Posts: 38
    Thank you for your answer and sorry for the delay. 

    The plant is in my living room, which is neither too hot or too cold. 
    The light comes from the balcony which is across where the plant is. 
    See pic: 

    I have only watered it as much as making the compost moist, as I am scared of overwatering it. 

    I haven’t put feed in it - again, scared of doing something wrong. 

    Can you help? I don’t want it to die :(
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I'm not familiar with that plant, but generally speaking it's normal for some older leaves to die off as a plant grows. It's not realistic to expect a living plant to stay looking exactly as it did when you bought it (if that's important to you for the sake of appearance, then perhaps a good quality artificial plant would be a better choice). As long as there's also new green growth I don't think it's anything to worry about.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    See if you can gently tip it out of the pot into your hand. Then you can see what's going on. Too wet, too dry or root bound.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ozma83ozma83 Posts: 38
    Here’s how the roots look. 

    How does it look to you? 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited January 2021
    It looks fine to me😊maybe a little on the dry side but you're the one who can feel it😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    This one came up a few weeks ago and turned out to be Pilea depressa if I remember rightly. I don't know anything about it but they're supposed to be easy enough to care for.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ozma83ozma83 Posts: 38
    That’s right! That’s the name. Ugh. I hope the plant is ok! 
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Good memory @wild edges. That was mine.  The lady at the GC said to water with room temp water that has sat out for 24 hours (we have chlorine in our water here, so I assume it’s to let convert to something more inert).. and to avoid getting the foliage wet.  I've kept at that, and mine is healthy and happy.  I let the top inch dry out, then give it a good water.  About once a week or so, for my dry winter climate.
    Utah, USA.
  • ozma83ozma83 Posts: 38
    Blue Onion said:
    Good memory @wild edges. That was mine.  The lady at the GC said to water with room temp water that has sat out for 24 hours (we have chlorine in our water here, so I assume it’s to let convert to something more inert).. and to avoid getting the foliage wet.  I've kept at that, and mine is healthy and happy.  I let the top inch dry out, then give it a good water.  About once a week or so, for my dry winter climate.
    Thank you!!!! How much water do you give it?


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