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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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robin6287mo 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.nina7mo 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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evaf127mo 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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wyatt_mitchell266mo ago
Right? I guess my talent is over-loving plants to death. I'm the reason they had to build in that survival feature. How long do you usually wait between waterings?
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