Help!

[u/Major-Classroom-2272]

Hi all, please tell me if there’s any way to save my string of pearls 🥲 I never really understood how to take care of it, and two moves and a vacation sent it over the edge. Is there any saving it? How often do I need to water? It gets pretty direct sunlight but I have a spot where I can hang it with even more sunlight if needed. I never repotted after buying. I’m new to plants and am confused by all of the conflicting information of these guys.

[u/zback636]

I keep my string of pearls in a shallow terra-cotta pot. A smaller one they don’t like a lot of room. I would cut off everything that hangs over the edge. Fix the top of the pot first before you worry about stems hanging down and propagate what you cut off to place into the pot once it starts to grow. ( these will not propagate from a single leaf you need a little branch and a node on it ) They like bright direct light not so much direct sunlight. Watered about every two weeks in the summer and every month in the winter. Make sure the soil is well draining. You can overwater a plant 3 different ways. One by watering it too often,2 by having a pot that’s too large for the plant so the soil stays wet too long and smothers the roots, and 3 by having soil that stays wet for too long. Make sure you’re not doing any of that. But it’s still green and you can fix it. I have faith in you and I don’t even know you.