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Serious question, how many of you started with your plants in the wrong spot?
For two years, my basil on the back porch in Austin kept getting leggy and weak. I figured it just needed more water. Then my sister visited, pointed at the wall, and said, 'That fence is blocking the morning sun.' I moved the pots just three feet out into the open yard, and the difference in a month was crazy. What's a simple fix you missed for way too long?
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jamesf2624d ago
That fence blocking the morning sun thing is so real. I had a fern in a corner I thought was shady enough. Turns out it was just dark. Moved it to a spot with bright, indirect light and it went from sad to full in weeks. Sometimes the fix is just a few feet.
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robert_anderson6918d ago
My buddy kept his new fiddle leaf fig in what he called a bright room. It was a room with one north-facing window and a big tree outside. The poor thing dropped leaves for months. He finally put it in his south-facing kitchen, right by the patio door, and it pushed out five new leaves in like six weeks.
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Honestly, I have the opposite problem. I kill plants with kindness by moving them too much. I see a leaf droop and I'm shifting it to a new spot, chasing some perfect light that probably doesn't exist. @jamesf26 had the right idea to just move it once and leave it. My plants probably just want me to pick a decent spot and leave them alone to figure it out. Constant change stresses them out more than a less-than-perfect location.
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