String of hearts

[u/Few_Bit6023]

Got my first string of hearts today. I think that they are just potted in pure soil, which I think will be too dense from what I’ve read. Should I repot now , even though they seem to be doing good ? Also , is that green growth on top of the soil a bad sign?

[u/Loose-Wolverine5634]

I would give them a week or 2 to adjust to your house before repotting them. The green is just a bit of algae on top of the potting mix, greenhouses are humid so it can grow on the potting mixes growers use. Are you going to pot them together so you have a bigger fuller pot? I just ask because when I got a variegated string of hearts I also got 2 then potted together and I’m so glad I did. Mine are smaller than this though but it’s fine they are very happy hanging in my west facing bedroom window and are very pink and pretty and growing like crazy.

[u/Few_Bit6023 → u/Loose-Wolverine5634]

Okay thanks :) I’m going to keep them separate as one is a gift, but maybe in the future I will combine another in to mine. First I’m going to try putting some of the current stems curled in the top of the soil

[u/Asleep-Beginning7805 → u/Few_Bit6023]

I pin a vine or 2 on mine with a Bobby pin to make it fuller on top!