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Bowerbird5 · 15/12/2019 10:11

Hi,
Popped in here a few times before.

I hope someone can help me. DD left her plants with me and they have been thriving in our new summer house but we had unexpected frost before I moved them out. I now have had them all inside. Lost one spider plant but not the others🤔 and one beautiful glossy succulent and another that is one stem and top heavy is now losing it’s leaves.
I am not good with house plants so I was really pleased they Were looking so good but now😢

Suggestions please.
Also they are in the kitchen which is very warm as I have an Everhot ( like an Aga) so they are drying out a lot. I normally water sparingly in winter but the soil is drying out a lot. Would you water more often? I am doing two or three times a week at present.

Awaits someone knowledgeable...

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MereDintofPandiculation · 15/12/2019 11:25

I'd get them out of the kitchen if possible. If in the kitchen, make sure they are in good light, but remember that if they're in the windowsill, the temperature will plunge at night time, so make sure to draw the curtains so that they are on the room side of the curtains.

Let the soil dry out before watering - more plants are lost from over watering than underwatering. So water according to soil dryness rather than timetable (but always have a timetable for checking). If you think it's too dry for them, you could stand them all on a tray of gravel, and keep the gravel watered.

It'd be easier if we knew which plants. Any possibility of some pictures?

Bowerbird5 · 16/12/2019 00:38

Thank you. No pics I don’t know how to do that. So there are two succulents I will try to see if I can find them online. A prayer plant which is doing well. A spider plant large which seems ok. These are on a deep window sill no curtains but new double glazed windows and the temperature in the room is good because of the stove. They are not right next to a window but near the edge of the sink as they fitted worktop right into the window.Room 15’8” x 12’2”. The other plants are on steps but have a good amount of light because of the window and a glazed door. The succulents did have some dead bugs on them. The leaves have shrivelled up and are now dropping off. Such a shame with one as it looked so lovely and I was watering as you say which was about twice a week and feeding once a week to ten days. I think maybe the frost got them. They were on the steps near a window and it went down to -5 C and didn’t get past freezing one day. I moved them the first day I think. Wish I had moved them before.

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