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Showerthought: My rush to get a century plant to bloom cost me ten years
I watered it too much and it rotted. Now I have to start all over with a new one.
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robin62815h ago
My kitchen aloe has gone three months without water before. It just gets a little wrinkly and bounces right back.
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kim.nina15h ago
Yeah i read something about that once, @robin628. Those thick leaves are basically built in water storage, so when it goes without water it just uses up its own gel supply from the inside. That's why it gets all soft and wrinkled. Once you finally water it, the leaves fill back up like a balloon. It's kind of wild how it's basically a living water bottle, lol. No wonder they're so hard to kill with underwatering.
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evaf1216h ago
Honestly those things are built for total neglect. Tbh I'm shocked you got it to rot when they survive decades in actual deserts.
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