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sarah1502

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Sarah1502
11 years ago

Hello! I have been reading this forum for a while now. I really appreciate all of the helpful information posted here. I have just gotten back into growing houseplants after many years. My daughter, who is 10, is enjoying this hobby with me. It has been a wonderful thing for us to do together.

I have a question about plants 'weeping'. My Chinese evergreen and my dieffenbachia sometimes have droplets of water on the leaf tips or along the leaf edge. I am pretty sure that I am not overwatering these plants. I have read enough information here to know to be careful about that. Am I doing something else wrong? I have not noticed this happening with my other plants. Any helpful advice would be much appreciated!

Thank You,
Sarah

Comments (8)

  • Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
    11 years ago

    Hi & welcome to Gardenweb! So cool to hear your daughter is becoming a plant-o-phile with you. Fun!

    Your plants are perfectly normal. What they're doing is called guttation. There was a lively discussion about it recently. May be more than you want to read/know about it, but lots of info and theories there...

  • Sarah1502
    Original Author
    11 years ago

    Thank You Purple! I am relieved. The plants look very healthy. I would be terribly upset if I were somehow killing them. Once you name a plant, it becomes personal. LOL

    P.S. My mamma's family at one time lived in Opp. Small world. :)

  • Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
    11 years ago

    Hey, that's cool that you have that Opp connection. Tell your family it probably looks about the same as it did then.

    Those are pretty tough plants. Feel free to show some pics of them if you feel like it (GW allows one pic per post.) Never enough plant porn here!

    My DH says all potted plants are named Steve. He's kind of silly, always making me laugh...

  • eahamel
    11 years ago

    "Steve"?? I always thought they were named Bruce!

  • Sarah1502
    Original Author
    11 years ago

    Oh dear. I don't have a "Steve" or a "Bruce". I shall have to remedy that asap. :)

  • slickrick2003
    11 years ago

    Hello there and I hope my advice will be of some help in your question! As for me I have chance evergreen , and dieffenbachia plants at home I have them now for about 1 year, and at first I had the same problem because of to much water I was giving the and also I kept them next to my peace Lilly's which I most with a spray bottle and the I moved them away on there Owen and as time went on I knew the water spraying was wrong they both cant have water touch there leafs and the other was I drop back on watering them , to much water make the leafs to leak out water with the sap the have be careful and another try organic soil it works great. Good Luck hope this works

  • slickrick2003
    11 years ago

    Hello there and I hope my advice will be of some help in your question! As for me I have chance evergreen , and dieffenbachia plants at home I have them now for about 1 year, and at first I had the same problem because of to much water I was giving the and also I kept them next to my peace Lilly's which I most with a spray bottle and the I moved them away on there Owen and as time went on I knew the water spraying was wrong they both cant have water touch there leafs and the other was I drop back on watering them , to much water make the leafs to leak out water with the sap the have be careful and another try organic soil it works great. Good Luck hope this works

    {{!gwi}}

  • Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
    11 years ago

    Hey, Rick. It's called guttation when the leaves cry or leak. Perfectly normal in many plants. Nice looking Dief!

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