Mastodawn

I got a nerve plant from a big box store and it's still in the plastic pot it came in.

I forgot it and it's been sitting in the dark in a dry room.

It was droopy and felt a lil crunchy so I bottom watered.

This morning all the leaves look good and are no longer drooping except one.

- what is bright indirect light? All my windows face East. Does it need a plant light?

- will that leaf recover or do I need to remove it?

- my neighbor said this plant HAS to go in a terrarium or I'll kill it, is this true or can I just get a humidifier for it?

- how do I know if there's too much plant in this pot? I think it might be more than one in here because the leaves are fully coverting the dirt.

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"They" always sell plants in pots that are too small. (Less overhead that way, also, maybe pot was right size when (trans)planted but it grew while waiting to be sold. Also the plant probably looks better when slightly root-bound, and also it is now ready to be transplanted to a pot the customer supplies/likes.)

Once you transplant to new larger pot, the plant will need to grow more roots before doing much else.

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bjb

@Quenby

Bright indirect light is strong daylight that is not direct sun on the leaves. Generally for at least several hours in the day, like 5-6.
Put the plant in a room that gets sun, but away from the window.

Hard to say if leaf will recover, keep it till it either recovers or becomes recognizably dead.

I do not know re: terrarium. Not familiar with "nerve plant". Looking forward to hearing about it : -)

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B's wild, wild world 🌱🐛🎼1d ago

@bjb @Quenby what was said already. Removing the dead leaf won't hurt it. Go ahead and give it a snip and save the plant some energy