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Over or underwatered?

taranissitaranissi Posts: 1
edited August 2021 in Problem solving
Hello!

I would be so grateful if someone could help me determine whether these sansevieria are overwatered or underwatered. I can’t work it out from the descriptions I’ve found on the internet. 

I did re-pot them a few months ago when I probably shouldn’t have and then re-potted them again a couple of weeks ago to try to fix the first re-potting but they don’t seem to be improving. 

I watered them after the last re-potting. Not sure if that was right. But I think, before that, I had skipped a few waterings, not sure. The soil was very dry when I re-potted them a couple of weeks ago. 

I’m hoping someone more experienced than me can tell by their appearance because I am baffled. Any help would be much appreciated as I would really like to keep them alive if at all possible. One of them is growing a little pup so it can’t be all bad, right?

Sorry about the sideways photo! Can’t get it to upload correctly…






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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Hard to say but if the compost was dry it's likely to be under watering and it's very hard to re-wet dried compost as water just runs through it.

    The best way to water house plants is the dunking method.   Fill a bucket with water deep enough to cover the pot then slowly put the pot in and wait for all air bubbles to stop appearing.   Then let the pot drain off excess water and put it back in its cache-pot.

    Frequency depends on the size of the pot and the temperature - more often in summer and less when it's cooler.   An occasional misting will help keep the dust off the foliage tho with bigger plants I just put them in the shower and give them a good rinse then leave to drip dry.

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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited August 2021
    Advice for the future is not very helpful, unless you are starting again.

    Watering problems is a recurring theme; the symptons are the same.  If you overwater Sansevieria, or any succulent, or stand them in water for any length of time it will kill the roots.  So death will look the same as drying out.

    Similarly, if you allow many plants to dry out, the roots will be damaged and subsequent water will not be taken up.


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