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Overheard a botanist arguing that houseplants are basically just high-maintenance decor, got me thinking
Honestly, is keeping a fiddle leaf fig alive really a sign of skill or just stubbornness, and does the emotional payoff of watching it grow beat the frustration of dropping $40 on a new one every time it dies?
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brianellis18h ago
Drainage holes and letting the soil dry out between waterings fixes most fiddle leaf problems.
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nancy_owens8h agoMost Upvoted
Oh so you're telling me my poor fiddle leaf just needed a basic hole in the pot and I could've saved $50 on therapy for it?
@brianellis you make it sound SO EASY but I've watched that thing droop for MONTHS while I gave it "the perfect amount of water" like a total idiot.
Turns out I was basically drowning it in a fancy pot with NO way out for the extra water.
Now I've drilled holes in EVERYTHING - my pots, my planters, even started looking at my coffee mug sideways.
But seriously, drainage holes are the cheat code to not killing your plants and I learned that way too late.
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