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Mother in Law's Tongue
I have recently moved home and my previously healthy and huge
Mother-in-Law's Tongue plant seems to be dying, with one spike after another drooping. I have cut off the drooping ones and it is now getting rather sparse. I have not over-watered it as far as I know and have given it no water in the past week, but still the drooping continues. It is not sitting in water either. Anyone know of any way I can save the life of this plant? I have had it for several years and want it to live! |
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Mother in Law's Tongue
wrote in message ups.com... I have recently moved home and my previously healthy and huge Mother-in-Law's Tongue plant seems to be dying, with one spike after another drooping. I have cut off the drooping ones and it is now getting rather sparse. I have not over-watered it as far as I know and have given it no water in the past week, but still the drooping continues. It is not sitting in water either. Anyone know of any way I can save the life of this plant? I have had it for several years and want it to live! Maybe it got chilled in the move? Perhaps it's in a totally different spot now (sunnier/darker/draughty) ? Maybe you could take some cuttings to make new plants: http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...af_cutting.asp http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plan...ifasciata.html Jenny |
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On Nov 12, 9:37 pm, "La Puce" wrote: wrote: I have recently moved home and my previously healthy and huge Mother-in-Law'sTongue plant seems to be dying, with one spike after another drooping. I have cut off the drooping ones and it is now getting rather sparse. I have not over-watered it as far as I know and have given it no water in the past week, but still the drooping continues. It is not sitting in water either. Anyone know of any way I can save the life of this plant? I have had it for several years and want it to live!We have a trifiaciata (green and yellow stripe). I wouldn't say ours is huge, but we have perhaps 6 plants in one, if you know what I mean. Recently I repoted to make 2 pots as one looked too heavy for the pot. Yours sounds that it had either been too watered or not enough! Ours wilt if it needs water. They need light and sun, so first try to find or recreate the same position in your new house to where it was in your old one. How long have you had yours in it's pot? What I would do is take it out of its pot and save the ones that are firm and healthy - they have stolens and it's easy to devide them. You need to be gentle though. Repot in a mix of suculent/cacti mix compost and water just to firm, but that's all. They need to be kept dry in winter. I would finally wipe down any dust on the leaves just in case something got on it whilst you moved house because these plants are sensitive and are well known for cleaning the air in the room. I've also heard that they are suseptible to asbestos .... ! Good luck. Many thanks. It did indeed suffer after the move having been left out in the garden for a day or two - and this in Sussex in England in the, albeit fairly mild, winter! It seems to be bearing up now with no more drooping in the last couple of days. I would not dream of trying to take a cutting as I am a sham of a gardener. I wuld probably end up killing the poor thing. I am hoping it will survive on its own. Thanks again to you all for the advice. You may have helped this plant to live. |
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