I would stop using Epsom salts and before I water check to see if your plant is dry. This is a plant that enjoys warmth and evenly moist soil but not constantly wet. I suspect you may have a salt build up in the soil and it is burning your plant's roots.

I have only used Epsom Salts twice and I was told that this is one hoya that can be left sitting in a saucer of water as it likes to be wet. Is this incorrect?

Do you grow this hoya and how do you water it?

I have read several comments from other sites about keeping it constantly wet and I think that is incorrect. There does seem to be a lot of misinformation on the internet.

I water my other hoyas about once a week or so and I am now wondering if I should just water the Multiflora about that often too.

Thanks!

Maybe you can keep it wet when it is outside and hot but definitely not inside.

It is in a southwestern facing window and does get sunshine on the plant and not just sunlight if you know what I mean but, of course, that is only for part of the day.\

Would you suggest, as it is in a 4" pot, twice a week or just once?

Let it dry out a bit. It is the fall and will be winter soon.

Maybe once every 10 days.....

Sorry, but in my home, Multiflora would wilt in 1/2 that time. I don't have one now, but seem to recall watering that one at LEAST once a week, if not more. I'd quit putting anything in the water, & just observe the watering routine carefully & watch the plant for signs of what it wants.

I have been watering twice a week but only fertilizing weakly once a week. I do have the bud blasting but other than that the plant looks healthy and is putting out two new leaves.

I did forget to water it once and let it go a whole week and, as you said, it started to wilt.

I just noticed today that my Hoya Nummularioides is putting out buds.

Some of it may be the sunny location. Mine was very happy in a north window for several years, where it got no direct sun, only bright indirect light. Maybe just move it back from the window a bit. If the leaves are healthy and you have no leaf yellowing or leaf drop, you're probably not overwatering it. (Though again, don't let it SIT in water...) Now mine is growing in hydroton, in a glass vase, and it's happy as a clam to have it's roots wet all the time, but hydroton produces slightly different roots and there is more "space" around the roots because of the leca stones than you have in soil.

I just whacked mine clear back about a month ago and have rooted the cuttings in water. Tomorrow, I plan to plant them in soil, so I'll have one in soil and one in hydroton. I'll probably sell the ones in soil next spring...

Denise in Omaha

My plant is in a self-watering pot and loves it. As this hoya never stops growing I also put slow release fertilizer into the potting mix and right now it has put on new leaves and is about to bloom again. I have found it sensitive to drafts and must be kept warm to thrive.