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Hi plant parents! I was devastated when I found out I had been overwatering and over fertilizing my plants:( I cut off the leaves that were sick in the first two, which I believe are an anthurium of some kind and a peperomia. Do they okay to grow back?
2 upvotes, 9 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in Plant Parenthood. "Hi plant parents! I was devastated when I found out I had been overwatering and over fertilizing my plants:( I cut off the leaves that were sick in the first two, which I believe are an anthurium of some kind and a peperomia. Do they okay to grow back?"
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Anonymous 4w

If the actual roots are fine then they should live. Also FYI pepperomia don’t care that much about water. I’ve seen them survive an entire winter break in an uncared for ball python enclosure bc the snake got taken home for winter care. No mist no water nothing and they looked BEAUTIFUL. Genuinely not sure how and don’t recommend doing that but just as an example.

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Anonymous 4w

If the leaves are healthy, not rotted at the stem/where it was attached to the stem, and not wrinkled, it is possible. Pepperomia is best propagated in my experience in water and succulents in soil. Keep them humid

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Anonymous 4w

The last plant, I was wondering if it looked okay, too.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4w

Honestly may have been a summer break Idr that well but it was one of them and I remember being impressed

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4w

thank you so much thats really good insight. see i had been watering my plants once a week and likely overwatered and over fertilized them. i never got to own plants before college and i think i had been so worried id forget to water them that i overcompensated. thank you smm i’ll hope and pray they recover, and if not, i know better for next time :,)

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

Honestly everything but the pepperomia looks fine but I also can’t be certain bc soil REALLY hides root problems. If you’re super worried I recommend unpotting them and SUPER GENTLY washing the roots off to look for dark dead or infected roots. The succulents seem to be chilling though. Also as drought resistant as pepperomias are I swear their stems and leaves break off at the slightest hint of disturbance.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4w

The stem of pepperomia is relatively easy to propagate and the leaves are slightly less so but absolutely possible. I recommend propagating healthy leaves in soil like you would a traditional succulent and I’ve got a TON doing that.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

I’m curious bc I’ve literally ONLY had success in soil. Do you use leaves or stems?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4w

Actually I just got reminded I do stems in water and leaves in soil my b

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