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Jun 21, 2022 12:43 PM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
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Whichever it is, it doesn't look like it's dying, from what we can see in the pics. Was it happier in the original place in the corner in the kitchen? You said that is where it started growing again.

When you water, add water to all of the soil surface, so you know all of the soil has gotten moist. Pics of dirt can be deceiving but in the pics, the soil looks unevenly moist to me, and dry in places.

If it seems like all of the water you added ran right out of the drain hole, repeat watering several times, slowly and gently (so the soil doesn't wash out of the pot, or compact unnecessarily) until the pot feels much heavier. Repeat when it feels lighter, but not so late that the soil has no moisture left at all.

When you repotted, did you replace the plants at the same level, with not more soil covering more of the plant? Do you have any pics of this plant in the past? It's really small for a PL that has been with you for 4 years. Can you add a pic of it now, showing the drooping leaf?

I would have doubts about myself being able to keep any plant alive in that soil, which looks like pure peat. I did used to have plants that got root rot when I used potting soil like that years ago. If this doesn't go well, I would blame the soil, not yourself. In my experience with peat, it gets hydrophobic when dry, and suffocates roots.

I don't always drink beer, no wait, I mean don't always used bagged soil from a store, but when I do, I get "cactus/palm" soil, which is very chunky. The chunks cause little spaces of air, which help roots grow correctly, needing oxygen and moisture at the same time to function. Without any microbiological activity, and in a non-porous pot, suffocation from lack of oxygen can cause what we call overwatering, root rot.

Using a clay pot can also help ameliorate the risk of rotting roots because the clay is porous.
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