Hoya bellas with yellowing leaves

[Colm Osiris]

one of the two most recently planted plants hasn't made it, sadly, but i've taken the healthy leaves off as a cutting. i'm wondering if i should do the same with this one? i don't think it's going to make it otherwise.

 

[Colm Osiris]

this is the middle of the three remaining plants. is this one going to be okay, or should i take cuttings?

 

[Colm Osiris]

this is the third plant, and the most healthy. there were a few yellow leaves, but not for a while now.

 

[oneeye]

Anytime one is in question with the state of a plant, very gently tip the plant out of the pot and look at the roots. If the pot is full of excess roots you will need to up-pot into a slightly larger pot. If the roots are very small and mushy you need to wait more time between waterings.

 

[cpp gardener]

Plant 1; cut off at the mushy point and start over.
Plants 2&3; move to a brighter location and you should stop losing leaves. They will tolerate lower light, but do better in brighter light. Neither of them needs to be up-potted for a few years. I have one in a 10” hanging pot that grows great guns even though I haven’t up-potted in 10+ years. Hoyas are very tolerant of crowded roots.

 

[cpp gardener]

I thought I had read your post before, but went back and read it again. THEY NEED MORE LIGHT!!! As far as they are from the window, they might just as well be in a closet. While you might think it’s ‘bright, indirect light’, the reality is it’s dim, insignificant, barely illuminating glow. More than 4’ from a window is low light as far as photosynthesis is concerned.
Hoyas can tolerate 5*C and survive -1. Put it back in the window.

 

[Colm Osiris]

Anytime one is in question with the state of a plant, very gently tip the plant out of the pot and look at the roots. If the pot is full of excess roots you will need to up-pot into a slightly larger pot. If the roots are very small and mushy you need to wait more time between waterings.

thanks. but i don't feel comfortable doing this at the moment, as leaves are starting to come off again. but it's unlikely to be too pot bound just, i wouldn't think.

 

[Colm Osiris]

I thought I had read your post before, but went back and read it again. THEY NEED MORE LIGHT!!! As far as they are from the window, they might just as well be in a closet. While you might think it’s ‘bright, indirect light’, the reality is it’s dim, insignificant, barely illuminating glow. More than 4’ from a window is low light as far as photosynthesis is concerned.
Hoyas can tolerate 5*C and survive -1. Put it back in the window.

thanks. and sorry, i didn't see your message before. this is tricky, because i can't put it in the window it was in in the summer, as it gets a lot of condensation overnight, and also it's right above a radiator. i think i will have to move it into my back room, which has more light and less condensation. so it's a bit warmer too. i still won't be able to put it in the window, because of the radiator. that room needs a lot of sorting out, so i will have to get on with that tomorrow, so i can figure out where is the best spot. i so hope i can save this plant, it's really not happy.

 

[cpp gardener]

Unless it actually touches the radiator it will be fine and the condensation has no effect unless it’s ice. Wherever the most light is is best.