having a black thumb.

[prozac]

:( I'm a plant killer.

My apartment needed some life so I decided to start my plant collection with a 2-foot-tall yucca plant. I named him bill, and put him in my room. I watered Bill a couple times a week, more often when it was hot....then I noticed Bill's previously dark-green leaves were starting to look a little yellow. I thought maybe he wasn't getting enough light in my bedroom and moved him to the living room where he could get lots of afternoon sunshine. He started turning more yellow. I water him every few days or whenever his soil looks dry, and he's getting lots of light, but he keeps looking sicker and sicker and now some of his leaves even have holes in them!

I feel like a murderer. :(

[Play-it-hard]

go look up yucca plants on the internet !! there might be some other thing you are forgetting!

[prozac]

already did. It just says to make sure it gets lots of light and to not overwater. Maybe I'll try watering it less often? But the soil gets so dry, I think I'm watering the right amount. These guys are supposed to be easy to take care of!

(good thing I don't have kids)

[Play-it-hard]

awe haha, maybe its to hot in your place ??

try miracle grow !

[prozac]

^doubt it. they're like tropical desert plants....maybe i do need some miracle grow....

[miss.myra]

Be careful with tropical desert plants as they can be finnicky and likely panic due to the slightest change in temperature and light even! Don't panic because of the yellow leaves or the holes because it's likely being fussy because you moved it.

With these types of plants because they are accustomed to an arid, but warm environment, overwatering can be very easy. I would reccomend allowing the soil to dry out completely between waterings and maybe mist the leaves every few days instead of watering completely.

[Jeaninah]

check if where you put him is drafty. Who am I kidding?? My thumb is so black and murderous that its fallen off.

[-evil-duerr-]

Originally Posted by prozac

I named him bill, and put him in my room.

did you give it the impression that you would support it no matter what it's lifestyle choices were?
deep inside that planty mass of Bill, there may have been a Bonnie screaming to get out.

[t-skywalker]

its possible u watered bill too much and u rotted the roots. even if the soil is dry on top thats not always the case underneath. i water my plants 2 times a week if they need it. and i clip all the dead leaves off.

i think this is what happend to ur plant

[Heffy]

When i read the thread title I thought you had hit your thumb with a hammer or somthing LOL!

Umm, do what she ^^ said. I dont know much about plants, but overwatering them can be worse than not watering them at all....

[Goat]

I'm so bad with plants, it's the watering thing that's always screwing 'em up.
So I got plastic ones. So chicks think I can nurture.

[Grapes]

When i read the thread title I thought you had hit your thumb with a hammer or somthing LOL!

I was all ready to post my story of losing my thumbnail after an incident with a mallet and an elusive concrete nail :(

[t-skywalker]

honestly i think its just too much water