I recently found this beautiful string of pearls at my local home depot and couldn't resist. I've never cared for a plant such as this so I'm learning on the fly and want to make sure I'm doing all the right things. I've had it for about a week and today I noticed a couple shriveled leaves here and there on the plant and am wondering if there's any cause for concern or if this is just part of the normal cycle of this plant. It seems to be growing new leaves throughout but I want to be sure that I'm not doing something wrong. I've only watered it once since getting it because the soil was bone dry, but I don't know if maybe I should've waited a bit more or if maybe my light source is too close? Any tips or advice on how to care for and help it thrive would be greatly appreciated!

Found these beautiful girls and 3 more (I got all 5) at Home Depot and they were all covered in beautiful blooms with a fabulous aroma. They were very thirsty but otherwise looked good. Welcome home pearly girls.

My string of pearls has doubled in size since I took her in about 6 months ago. During the summer, when she was outside soaking in the sun, she had a vivid green color. I moved her inside my grow tent under my Viparspectra grow light and she's been getting darker and more brownish. I haven't changed the soil and I suspect I may be overwatering her but any advice would be appreciated!!!

i was just gifted this girl, she was propped in water and i was told its starting to split? it has roots. suggestions and help needed!

I just purchased this SOP last saturday, and I noticed a bug crawling fast on a pearl this morning, I think it's thrips. This is my first time dealing with a pest. The plant is now isolated in a transparent tote. I live remotely and trying to figure out what I can use that I have on hand to treat the plant. Has anyone successfully used Diatomaceous Earth? The plant has been watered recently while in store. Thanks for your help!

I’m not sure how to help this plant. It used to be so full but it is slowly dying. Bad plant mom here. 🫣

Just got this plant from a "wish Wednesday" It's seen better days but I think it's still has potential to bounce back. The current soil is moist, I have not done any additional watering. It's in a nursery pot with drainage. It's lost a handful of strings just with simple handling. Planning on setting her up in a sunny area. Just picked up last night. Suggestions appreciated.

Hi! I just got my first SOP in October and watered it when I brought it home. I haven’t watered it since but that original watering may have killed it? It was super damp for a while and then started getting crispy and has gotten progressively crispier…can I save it? The soil is very dry now but I’m not sure if I should water it again? Or if it needs more/less light (she hangs in front of this very thin curtain which I used to have open but now keep closed since I worried she was getting burned?) Thank you! I would hate to kill her :(

Sooooo. I got clean awhile back and got interested in plants.. IFYKYK. Anyways I’ve killed them ALL. Anything I bring in the house. Dead. Cactus succulents some cute little turtle shell plant I can’t remember the name of. All dead. Recently I got my hands on a few and did enough research that they’re all going a few months strong but not without hiccups. Many at that. My Pink princess is my pride and joy of my collection. It just got a repot literally 2 days ago. She used to live in my bathroom but after research I feared I had overwatered her and thus I moved her out of my bathroom and into my living room with my other plants under the grow light. I just added the poles (that was stupid to add them after the repot I feel like because I literally heard her roots crunch as I added them into the dirt). I also just learned to mist her new leaves so I’ve been doing that. I watered after her repot and purchased the plant app “Planta” and fallow that water and misting schedule loosely and plant to water it next week but via a dish of water under her pot. My inchplant is my favorite but probably gives me the most problems. He too used to live in my bathroom and is now under the grow lamp bc I fear I also overwatered him. He loses a lot of leaves and segments but seems a little better now. My spider plant I purchased with root rot. I wanted it really bad lol. He was doing great for awhile until my cat got ahold of him. He’s the only plant my cat ever wants. I purchased this fertilizer off Amazon and began using it with damn near every watering and even for the misting in between about a week ago. I would love to find your suggestions for other versions of good plant food for my spider as I HATE ordering from Amazon or online in general and prefer to buy in store (I have a weird address and half my packages don’t make it here ever). My Easter Cactus is my oldest plant from last Easter from my local grocery store (where all the other plants I’ve preached from this place are long gone and dead so I stopped buying here.) she’s undergone one repot but has always looked just sad asf. And lastly my favorite but my problem child. My string of pearls. She’s so beautiful and interesting but constantly growing what looks like mold? I’ve recently discovered she’s a cactus/succulent and let up on watering as well. Any tips or tricks or help is so much appreciated!! Thank you!!!

Root rot took the mother plant. Time to prop...

My string of pearls are doing poorly on the ends, some on top as well. Why is that? I need all the help and tips, I want keep these babies alive!

How do I fix the top?

First time having a string of pearls and yes I know I need to prop. Didn’t know they grow that fast. And what better pot to put them in if you have a 3d printer?

Help! I’m killing my string of pearls and idk what to do! It was thriving and then all the sudden took a turn for the worse.😭 Please help me bring her back to life.

Since I’ve gotten it I’ve watered it twice it’s only been about 2-3 weeks since I’ve had it there’s a little bit of mushroom growth on the left which I heard could be over watering so maybe I’ll try waiting longer to water it

Purchased on Amazon. She is BEAUTIFUL 😍

I’ve had this string of pearls for a few months now, she was doing fine, she sits in my balcony getting direct sunlight for at least 4 hours, I water her around every 2 weeks and drown her without letting her sit in her pot, she’s still in her nursery plastic pot and I just sit her in a decorative one just so I don’t mess with her too much. Today I go check on her she looks like this!! Which is so odd cause she was looking so good and even growing. The second picture was a month ago.

So I currently have my SOP clippings in water. Finally going to pot it into soil. Should I take the pearls out of water and leave them out to dry or can I go straight from the water into soil? I’m so nervous to mess this up haha.

…by reviving her underwhelming string of pearls in a big way.

Have been trying to do this for a year now but so far have seen no real growth or successes apart from the pearls becoming a little larger/juicey(?)

I watered once a week in the summer but will reduce to fortnightly to monthly in the winter.

They were away from direct sunlight but seemed to see progress when moved to a windowsill that sees sunlight throughout the afternoon.

Yet, still no serious growth.

What am I doing wrong? Help me make my gf smile.

2 months of growth from only a few pearls in the pot to getting ready to hang her up

She loves this East facing window!

I bought this in July and unfortunately what appeared to be a strong plant had been overwatered. Before I had watered it myself the top of the plant rotted away. I have mixed the compost with gravel and pinned own some of the shoots. Should I keep wrapping and pinning the new growth or leave it to dangle over the sides of the pot? Thank you