I felt guilty for diligently tending my little herbs while my houseplants withered and died, so I bit the bullet and looked at the darn things.
Let me say, I do love one of my plants. It was a housewarming gift from my dear friends Robyn and Travis, and it used to live in our window seat at our old apartment. It did super-well there, but I put it outside once we moved here, thinking that the sunshine would be good for it. DUH, it's a houseplant. So it got all yellowed and shriveled-looking, and sure enough, it said online that it can suffer from too much sun.
Here it is on the floor of my studio (yuck, sorry about the terrible picture). I looked at some similar plants at Home Depot and deduced that it is a
pothos. It is currently living happily indoors, producing lots of new leaves and runners.
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| "I used to be dark green!" |
This poor specimen was a gift from a parent who spoke very harshly to me and made me cry. Sweet gesture, but it brings up bad memories. I hadn't watered this smaller pothos, and it behaved accordingly.
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| "So thirsty..." |
After really looking at it for the first time, I decided to take out all of those dead leaves and stems. It's quite a bit smaller now.
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| No more dead leaves. |
I thought that this one might be a goner, but I watered it anyway. Doused it really, soaked the roots. And about three hours later, this is what I got:
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| Much better! |
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| A lot perkier, but still brownish. |
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| It's growing new leaves everyday. |
My two houseplants are recovering quite well, now. Both are growing new leaves. My mission now is to avoid over-watering them. I'm also trying to propagate new plants from cuttings in water. I'll let you know how that goes.
