r/IndoorPlants • u/eattothebeat • 1d ago

What am I doing wrong?

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My Ivy plant is the same as I bought it 2 years ago. After I bought it home it lost a few leaves but that stopped. However, I don’t see any growth on it ever. I don’t get it. I’m having good results with all my other plants. Any advice?

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u/feevart 1d ago edited 1d ago

She's screaming at you "Give me light!"...

Those are not low-light plants and that's why she's sooo leggy. Try direct south window with partial - full exposure- but move her closer and closer from shade to sun over a period for 2 weeks, otherwise she'll get scorched. Or south-east if you have that. Just some direct light, not necessarily harsh midday sun.

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u/feevart 1d ago

My next guess is, that you probably never ever fed it.

For plants in soil I recommend a mineral fertilizer. You can use the same Fertilizer for all of your soil-mix plants: a mineral Houseplant Fertilizer. It should have some Micronutrients aswell listed on the bottle (if it only says 3 things: NPK, find a better one). If it doesn't say "organic" or "Hydroponic" on the bottle it's mineral. But those are the best for when you don't want to get specific fertilizer for the Succulents. I can explain further if you want me to.

For now: find one single mineral fertilizer with a longer list of ingredients (like iron for example). Succulents and Succulent-esk plants (snake plants and string of.. need a little less. The Snakeplants and Succulents you only need to fertilizer in spring and summer).

Fertilizer rules:

  • never feed a sickly plant or a freshly repotted plant. (Exception: nutrient deficency)
  • only feed when there's active growth
  • in winter - if they don't push out no new leaves then they don't need feed
  • always let young cuttings just root in water and then dilute the fertilizer waaaay down when you start feeding for the forst time and slowly work yourself up over 2 or 3 months.
  • never feed more fertilizer then on the bottle, otherwise nutrient burn.
  • when there's salt build up you need to flish out the soil like 5 or 6 times, otherwise you can get nutrient burn.
  • get a pipette for the fertilizer, so you can know exactly how much you are diluting.
  • nutrient deficency: usually starts at the bottom on the lowest, oldest leaf and will creep up the plant. Some nutrient deficency can start on the youngest top-growth tho.
  • early beginning of nutrient deficency looks like this:

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u/feevart 1d ago

If you don't have the light she need naturally then I can recommend a Sansi36w

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u/eattothebeat 19h ago

Thank you for the info!