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Dec 3, 2021 5:03 PM CST
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My Callisia repens is looking crispy and some of its leave/vine things are dying am I over watering or under-watering?
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Dec 3, 2021 5:16 PM CST

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Dec 3, 2021 6:56 PM CST
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In my mind, its not really a succulent. The soil needs to stay always damp but not wet and should be fast draining and drying. It should have a few pink highlights so maybe not enough light also.
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Dec 3, 2021 7:20 PM CST
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DaisyI said:In my mind, its not really a succulent. The soil needs to stay always damp but not wet and should be fast draining and drying. It should have a few pink highlights so maybe not enough light also.


I believe it's a golden Callisia repens but I will try more water and light Smiling
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Dec 3, 2021 7:25 PM CST
Name: Daisy I
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Then the pink highlights would be replaced by gold highlights but I don't see that either.
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Dec 5, 2021 3:55 PM CST
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Philoplant, did you move to FL from a colder climate?
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Dec 6, 2021 9:59 AM CST
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purpleinopp said:Philoplant, did you move to FL from a colder climate?


I didn't it's been an indoor plant since I got it but I did just repot it from a 5 inch pot where it was super long and that's when the vines originally started to die.
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Dec 6, 2021 11:08 AM CST
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This is one of those plants, like so many members of the Commelinaceae family, that looks great when a bunch of fresh cuttings are first installed in a pot but when older leaves die, they are marcescent and stay attached to the plant. This happens when stems dangle over the edge and their mass becomes too much to support without the ability to put more roots into the soil like what would happen if it was creeping across the ground making roots at every node. This yields an old, tired look, even on plants that are perfectly healthy. Manually removing the shriveled leaves, along with trimming and sticking the snipped pieces back into the pot periodically is a way to keep these kinds of plants looking fresh. And/or, you can curl them back toward the pot so that new areas of the stems are able to touch the soil and make more/new roots.

If it gets loose in the ground where you are, be aware that it will spread like wildfire and climb over other plants that aren't tall enough to get above it.

I believe it is a succulent because cut stems will stay firm and fresh-looking, continuing to form new leaves, taking months to slowly shrivel from the cut toward the tip, patiently waiting to make contact with a place where roots can form.
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Dec 11, 2021 2:20 PM CST
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purpleinopp said:This is one of those plants, like so many members of the Commelinaceae family, that looks great when a bunch of fresh cuttings are first installed in a pot but when older leaves die, they are marcescent and stay attached to the plant. This happens when stems dangle over the edge and their mass becomes too much to support without the ability to put more roots into the soil like what would happen if it was creeping across the ground making roots at every node. This yields an old, tired look, even on plants that are perfectly healthy. Manually removing the shriveled leaves, along with trimming and sticking the snipped pieces back into the pot periodically is a way to keep these kinds of plants looking fresh. And/or, you can curl them back toward the pot so that new areas of the stems are able to touch the soil and make more/new roots.

If it gets loose in the ground where you are, be aware that it will spread like wildfire and climb over other plants that aren't tall enough to get above it.

I believe it is a succulent because cut stems will stay firm and fresh-looking, continuing to form new leaves, taking months to slowly shrivel from the cut toward the tip, patiently waiting to make contact with a place where roots can form.

Thank you I will take you advice Smiling
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Dec 13, 2021 8:32 AM CST
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Happy to share what I've seen. : )
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Dec 13, 2021 12:12 PM CST
Name: Daisy I
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You moved it from a 5" pot to a... what size pot? Are you watering on the same schedule? Bigger pots, more soil so will dry more slowly. Maybe you are overwatering?
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