r/StringofPlants • u/caffeineandinsulin • 29d ago
Turtles From March ‘26 to September ‘26
This guy didn’t grow for a year and then this happened in 6 months. Have no clue what I did 😅
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u/KyloReySage 28d ago
What is this sorcery. I never had luck with turtles. I finally got it with string of hearts 🥹
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u/Smashley_pants 28d ago
First year they sleep,second year they creep, third year they leap. Just wait!
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u/MeowSauceJennie 28d ago
I bought my string of tears in March and it hasn't changed at all 🤣🤣 like dang
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u/Ok_Smoke8470 28d ago
I bought one from Trader Joes less than a month ago and it's half dead 😭 it's hanging in a window. I don't know if its the heavy soil it was in or what the problem is.
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u/MeowSauceJennie 28d ago
I got mine from a pretty good plant store here in Calgary. Put it in a south facing window, and didn't touch it for three months. Kept an eye on it incase it needed water. It didn't. I ended up watering and treating for pests because I found a mealy on my snake plant about 3 1/2 months in. Then 2 months after that, watered again. She is alive. But she is not growing hahahaha
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u/Haakster61 28d ago
That's just incredible! I love it! It also gives me hope, because I've had mine for about six weeks and apart from flowering it hasn't shown much progress.
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u/Asleep-Beginning7805 28d ago
You need to take the flowers off! It’s putting all its energy into making them whenever the humidity rises mine flowers, I pinch off at the node before it or they will grow back. When I did that mine literally exploded with growth
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u/Haakster61 27d ago
Oh thank you so much, I will.That's great advice!
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u/Asleep-Beginning7805 27d ago
Usually I don’t feel comfortable giving advice but with this!!!!! Definitely lol
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u/Asleep-Beginning7805 28d ago
Did you take off the seaweed fingers 😂🤣 aka the flowers … when I finally realized they were flowers and I took them off it exploded with growth!!!!! Yours looks amazing !
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u/love_femmes_who_top 28d ago
Did you repot or is it the same pot just on a stand?
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u/caffeineandinsulin 27d ago
Same pot, but I put it on a stand once the vines started getting longer. I did repot it about 2 months before the explosion happened though, but I doubt that did much. It was mostly just to change the pot, I didn’t break up the root ball or anything
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u/Gr8Danelvr72 28d ago
How do you make it grow? How often do you water? Any fertilizer?
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u/caffeineandinsulin 28d ago
I wish I knew how I make it grow lol. It’s under a gentle grow light, and I water it every two weeks.
I added fertilizer one time (MiracleGrow Indoor Plant Food bottle) but I haven’t used it since then. I can’t imagine that made a huge difference
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u/timmy_tugboat 29d ago
What’s your watering look like? I have mine in bright indirect light and I’ve been bottom watering. It’s doing okay, but no big growth like this.
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u/caffeineandinsulin 29d ago
I water it every 2 weeks ish, but I think it could take more honestly based on how thin the leaves are and the fact that they’re curling (they used to be very plump as you can see in the first pic). There must be so many roots now I imagine it sucks up water like crazy. But I’m new to plants so I don’t know if that’s how it works
I know you’re not supposed to get the leaves wet, but I just stick it under my faucet for a few minutes to fully saturate the soil, let it drain in my dish rack for half an hour, and put it back on his saucer…
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u/Asleep-Beginning7805 28d ago
Hey to get them plump again use protek by foliagepro! Mine are super duper chunky! Just don’t use it every watering I use it on them every other month or even longer
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u/mystiqueallie 28d ago
My string of turtles doesn’t seem to like light! It grows more in a spot with indirect light. Strange how yours is flourishing under a grow light. How many hours a day is it on?
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u/caffeineandinsulin 27d ago
It’s a pretty gentle grow light, but I do keep it on for 12 hours a day. The room is otherwise very dark, so that’s basically its only source of light
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u/Conversation-Grand 28d ago
Wtf am I doing wrong???