when I say my family kills plants....

[kindrag23]

I have said it before my family kills plants here's proof.

My sister has these plants 2 weeks heres what happened

And they went to a HAPPIER HOME ENVIRONMENT!!

The pictures are not the greatest because my sister would kill me if she saw me doing this. lol. but one plant is almost dead and fighting to survive......
The leaves are even showing burn....and the blinds are closed I am not quite sure how she pulls this off...

[Cym Ladye]

Is she by any case using at full strength fertilizer granules that that are meant to be diluted? That and hot water on the leaves are two ways I know a "quick death" can occur. Well those and cooking them in the car on the way home from purchase.

CL

[kindrag23]

Nope. She did not do any of that. We had houseplants 101 yesterday for the 1000th time. I sometimes think I am adopted....truly I do...

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No fert. no hot/cold water either...

[james mickelso]

Just water!!! She is over watering them. They look like they are dry but down in the center under the plant it is way too wet. She is just watering too much. Over and under watering look the same. The soil(?) they come in is horrible for the home environment. In the growing sheds where most of these come from, the humidity is high, very strong air circulation, and not much watering. Where I live is called the flower capital of the world. Greenhouses are all over the place. Very large commercial growers. These are the normal conditions. We take them home all bright and cheery and what's the first thing we do? Yeah! We water them!!

[kindrag23]

No they were bone dry yesterday and i had a already re potted them. Into better potting soil. just your basic miracle gro...she also has central heat and air....so great air flow. ..

[Paul]

I hear ya. My sis managed to kill a pothos of all things ...

[kindrag23]

Mine killed a cactus in her backyard. It was like 8 yrs old....

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Im still not sure how she did that. .it's a CACTUS!

[Gthumbz89]

Ya I feel you... I watched my sister kill two UFO phals after I gave her perfectly good advice on how to grow them. She just didn't care to try I think.

[james mickelso]

Even with AC once they are watered the soil underneath the plant stays too wet for a long time. You can dig your finger down into the soil and you think it is dry. But down underneath the rootball it is still wet and stale. Some houseplants can live like that but some just die. Your repotting them was a great idea.

[TOMMYMIAMI]

My sis would be the same, some people just do not have "Green Thumb", nothing you can do about it!