About a year ago I got two cuttings from the same plant. I put them in a vase together until they had some roots and then I planted them in separate pots. They looked equal at the time I planted them. One has thrived. The other is less than healthy. It is less than a quarter the size of the other plant. I thought maybe the one wasn’t getting enough light so I traded the places where they sit. It didn’t make a difference. In the three months since the switch six months ago one has grown about three feet. I don’t think the other one has even grown six inches. I have some rocks in the pot on top of the soil. Today I moved the rocks in the sick plants pot, and the roots were exposed. They root system had grown up under the rocks. I don’t know if they did this instead of growing down into the soil or if it just has a very extensive root system. So I piled the rocks in the half of the pot that had the fewest roots.
So what should I do now? Water it more, or less, or the same? Should I take it out of the pot and put it in a different pot and try to face the roots downward? I’m afraid if I do this that I will just break them all. Has the plants problem all along been the rocks?
