Help! I am Using pad gel for plants- its not going well!

Debra Bergert
by Debra Bergert
Well I did exactly what was described and now I have two plants that are dying from over-watering!!!!! I barely watered them when re-potted, and they were still SOAKED a week later, my diffenbachia ?? large leaves started turning yellow and I have lost 4 big leaves. My ivy made it thru ok....I re-potted them again, adding new soil to try and save them. I suggest ONLY using this method for perhaps large planters and with plants that survive extremely WET SOIL. .......ALOT OF WET SOIL. never doing this again. icon
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  • Shoshana Shoshana on Mar 28, 2017

    Oh no!  It sounds like the pad gel method was too successful in holding on to moisture! Do you think it would work better if a smaller amount was used next time?

  • Debra Bergert Debra Bergert on Mar 28, 2017

    Yes it probably would. Think it would be helpful with plants outside during summer. or in hotter areas of the US.