u/PrayingPlant

I put her in front of a big south facing window but out of the sun‘s reach. The three babies were cut off and the mother recovered after that. Today I was going to put her into a plastic bag for more humidity as one user suggested but I don’t think that is needed anymore.

I also found an old pic of her from three months ago when I brought multiple plants home with me to repot. She looked sooooo good and I am now kinda sad even though I am still happy the she survived at all.

I am not sure anymore if overwatering was really my plant's problem.

The mother plant curled up today after I put the whole thing into dry substrate yesterday so I gave her water a few hours ago. The last time I overwatered her when the mother was still a baby with only four leaves, she didn’t curl up at all. I didn’t give her water for over a week then and she didn’t care. My suspicion is that sunburn could have been the problem after all. I will need to monitor the way the sun shines on my desk before I put her back there. As I mentioned in yesterday‘s post the office window blinds now work a different schedule on the weekends and seem to be up the whole day.

The three babies are probably dead at this point but the leaves of the mother plant already feel less wilted and some have uncurled a bit. I still have hope for the new baby plant though. The tip is peaking out of the soil and it looks dark green and is crispy not mushy. You can see the new baby plant a little in the last picture.

I noticed she had yellow leaves on Monday and decided to water her anyway after cutting all the yellow leaves. Now she has yellow leaves again and even the leaves that were coming in are dying.

I already took her out of the pot and washed the roots to see them better but they are not mushy or brown so I guess I don’t need to cut them off. I also discovered that she is having a new little baby that was still covered in the soil before.

Do you think I should cut some of the babies smaller or even completely off? Is her pot an appropriate size?

After she has dried off a bit I will put her into a mix of palm soil, perlite and orchid soil.

Could her yellowing have any other causes? She is my office plant and some of the other plants have gotten sunburn from the blinds working a different schedule on weekends but the maranta should not get any direct sunlight where she is positioned.