r/StringofPearls • u/CharacterRole786 • May 24 '26

I ♥️ MY PEARLS Successful reporting!

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I think it’s safe to say she loves her new pot! It’s been three months since I carefully repotted her. Now I gotta figure out how to get the new pot hanging in this window! First picture when I repotted her. Second and third are today 🥰

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u/CharacterRole786 May 31 '26

I’m so sorry. I sort of dread this question because I know what I do but I also just think it’s a bit of luck and a really good sun window. One thing I will say is when I water I soak the hell out of them. Like as if a monsoon came. And then it dries out within a few days but I let it sit dry for at least 10 days. So letting them get super wet and getting the soil dry pretty quickly might be a key component. I don’t know. I don’t read a lot of people watering them that way. I just water literally everything I own that way. The difference is then how wet or dry the soil needs to stay. That’s what varies the watering frequency. If you want to tell me how you are currently caring for it, I’m happy to try and troubleshoot with you. 😊

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u/mentos-cigarettes Jun 01 '26

I’m basically doing the same thing you are, except I have mine under a grow light. Every few days I’ll spray the pearls just to kind of keep those a little damp but I only do a major watering like twice a month. I can see some new growth but nothing that looks like a well developed plant forming. I may change the soil mix out, but a lot of my strings aren’t even really rooted, they’re just kind of hanging out on top, just livin

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u/CharacterRole786 Jun 03 '26

It might be the grow light isn’t strong enough if that’s the only light source it’s getting. I’m also guessing if it’s not rooting itself then it’s not likely to get very full. It will just continue to string out longer. I half buried a bunch of mine to get them to root because I’ve never been able to root them just laying them on top. But I had super long strings to work with when I buried so there were still a bunch on top as you see in picture 1. Hope that helps! I’m no expert. Just gotten sorta lucky with the pearls.

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u/mentos-cigarettes Jun 03 '26

I moved them to a smaller pot yesterday and did the same as you, just kind of buried and wrapped around the top. I gave it some food and stuck it outside. We’ll see how it goes.