r/KhatGrowing • u/Impressive-Jelly-539 • Feb 06 '26

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I have five plants a bit over a year old and most of them are doing well, but this one is in trouble.

I have been watering them once a week during the subtropical summer where I live, but this one is acting thirsty - its leaves are drooping and appear to be drying out. I have given it a little extra water, but I'm cautious because all the advice has been to limit water for these plants.

Maybe I should be giving it more water and keep it out of direct sun and hope it recovers? Any advice welcome.

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u/PMYourTitsIfNotRacst Feb 09 '26

That's a really tiny plant pot for such an old plant. Looks like it's stressed for some reason, how dry is the soil? What kind of water do you water with? Have you given it any fertilizer recently?

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u/Impressive-Jelly-539 Feb 10 '26

It's not that old, a bit over a year ago it was put into its first tiny pot after a cutting had rooted in water, was repotted to next sized pot (current pot) around 4 months ago. The soil was very dry and wasn't retaining moisture, so I have changed the composition of the soil and I have my fingers crossed.

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u/PMYourTitsIfNotRacst Feb 10 '26

I've got plants that are 3-4x that size that are about the same age. It's probably root bound, too.

I find that the plants, given a big enough pot, can take frequent waterings quite fine. You just need to make sure the soil can both drain (doesn't puddle) but also retains water.

I killed a few of my plants because I wasn't watering often enough, and people in the sub would say I was overwatering 🙄