Was there supposed to be a picture?

load a pic into a reply ....

no plant needs to be fed every week ..

include a pic of the top of the media... so we can see if fert salts have built up ...

ken

Hi Ken,

I couldnt work out how to add a picture but here it is.

Not a great photo for ID. Could be a begonia but also possibly a heuchera.....which is not really a houseplant. More detail showing individual leaves and also the growth habit of the stems in the pot could clarify.

And feel free to ignore the comment that "no plant needs to be fed every week .." Many who grow plants in containers - any kind of plants - adhere to the recommendation to fertilize 'weekly, weakly' (half strength or less).

Begonia. Looks like it simply needs to be watered. If instead you are sure it is quite moist then maybe the opposite problem. Either way there is an implication the potting soil is worn out and needs to be replaced after 2 years.

Another thing could be it has outgrown the pot and dries out more often than in the past, which takes us back to my first observation.

whatever it is... including all the suggestions above.. it looks like a garden plant.. that does not approve of being a house plant ... you can take small cutting root them.. and grow them in the house.. but sooner or later.. they just kinda poop out ...

and at that pint.. with a proper ID.. you can root some new cutting.. and regrow the same old plant.. but in a younger.. easier to deal with age and size ...

i dont understand the logic of telling anyone to ignore someone elses opinion ... sooooo ... just ignore them .. and if you dont. i will have a tantrum .... lol ... get off my lawn ...

keep in mind.. they are plants.. not children.. they do not need constant feeding.. unless you are running a greenhouse or nursery.. and your method of watering involves daily flooding of the pot.. so you have to keep putting in the top.. what you wash out the bottom ...

i was once told.. in master garden class .. that the biggest polluters in horticulture.. are the home gardeners.. who pour bags and bags of fert on there outdoor plants ... when most plants.. in a good soil.. need barely anything .. it was suggested that in some cases.. some gardener on an acre uses more fert than a 100 acres farm.. because no good farmer is going to waste money time and effort applying that which i not necessary to further the profit on his crop ... so my default is to wean us commoners from the reflex of just pouring on fert to feed our babies ... they are plants.. not babies ... and if i can get you to just cut your application in half... i have saved our earth.. blah blah.. blah ... and you some money ...

ken

Plants grown in containers require different care from those grown in the ground. And that includes regular routine fertilization as there is nothing in potting media - unlike ground soil - that will provide them with the nutrients they require for healthy growth. And since containerized plants get watered so frequently, any applied nutes get flushed out with a proper watering and must be replaced. Hence the admonition to fertilize weekly, weakly.

Ken, I made that comment because you tend to speak in absolutes. And there are NO absolutes in gardening. It is confusing to newbies and inaccurate to the point where it can be counterproductive. Many container gardeners fertilize their plants weekly and it is neither overdoing the fertilizer application nor is it contributing to pollution.

Hi All,

Are these pics better? The base of the stems look like octopus tentacles!

Thanks for your comments. Tbh the 'weekly' feeding was probably my sloppy use of language. I mean fairly regularly! Its been a house plant for years and was always happy. I repotted it a couple of years ago. Someone told me maybe it should be v dry so i held back on watering but it just got droopier...so maybe it isnt a watering issue.

The stems confirm it is a begonia so for sure a houseplant during winters :-)

A couple of thoughts. If it's been more than 2 years since repotting you may want to do that again. The potting soil looks depleted and the pot congested. Begonias prefer a consistently moist soil - not wet but not allowed to dry excessively either. And they prefer high humidity.

Ok thanks. Great. Should i cut off all the droopy stems?

You can if you like. And start new plants from the cuttings.

Propagating begonias from cuttings.