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Originally Posted by Nanuca
Thank you NYCorchidman for the advice! I love the Den nobile too! After reading the replies I realised my den was surely underwatered. I mean I constantly watered it, but not sufficiently. So now I'm going to water it as you advised me. Just to see how it looks, I attached a few photos of both leaves and roots.
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OMG! Those are terribly underwatered!!!
Those leaves will not straighten out even if you correct the watering, but it's mostly just aesthetics now.
Also, you might want to help out those folded leaves as many of those leaves usually do not open up but stay attached like that.
Constant watering can only water the roots so much.
You want to really soak the entire pot (root ball) above that exposed roots you see at the base of the plant for like 1o minutes or longer each time.
If you grow the outside in the summer, you might want to water this way everyday as things dry out like crazy and these plants grow fast.
Let the weight of the pot be your guide in deciding when to water but you want to water nobiles a lot when they are growing.
They have a short summer growing season in the wild where days are hot and almost everyday there is an early afternoon downpour for good half an hour.
then they also get drenched in early morning dew everyday.
Good luck!
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