Hi everyone!
I have had a pilea peperomiodes for about two years and it is always dropping its bottom leaves pretty much at the rate it grows new ones. I topped it once, which went well but now about 6 months later I'm back with about 4 inches of bare stem. It never stops making new leaves, so that's a good sign. I have tried adjusting watering habits, I use distilled water, it is currently under a grow light bulb as it is December in New England. It seemed happy one time in its life, for a few weeks on the partially sunny porch in September, its leaves got thicker and the stems got shorter. Still dropping but at a slowed rate. I can almost always figure out how to make a plant happy but not this one!
I have had a pilea peperomiodes for about two years and it is always dropping its bottom leaves pretty much at the rate it grows new ones. I topped it once, which went well but now about 6 months later I'm back with about 4 inches of bare stem. It never stops making new leaves, so that's a good sign. I have tried adjusting watering habits, I use distilled water, it is currently under a grow light bulb as it is December in New England. It seemed happy one time in its life, for a few weeks on the partially sunny porch in September, its leaves got thicker and the stems got shorter. Still dropping but at a slowed rate. I can almost always figure out how to make a plant happy but not this one!