Thank you
@purpleinopp and
@WillC. I'm happy to hear about the watering -- it's an easy thing to fix. I am also a bit surprised since I was under the belief that underwatered plants would exhibit symptoms differently: e.g. wrinkling leaves, droopy branches, yellowing from the outside of the leaf towards the inside. But the point about root function is very informative, thank you! It disrupts low-level functions of the plant which lead to a host of problems afterwards.
I've read a lot about a 'deep but infrequent' watering schedule for Pachiaras. So I would like to ask: Once I feel that the top half-inch of the soil is dry, how much should I water?
I'm asking out of caution: My original gnat problem was due to frequent watering in small amounts and having many large-potted plants close together. The gnats quickly spread from one pot to another and getting rid of them was a whole saga. The ventilation in this room is okay but nevertheless it's an attic and during fall-winter I don't keep the windows open too often.
Thanks again!
