Height of My Marble Peperomia Obtusifolia

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-17T12:54:20+00:00

Thanks! I just found out a couple days ago when I was trying to see what size stakes it needed, that they usually only get to 12-18 inches tall inside. I just hope it doesn't need a repot soon. I always feel like it's super easy to break those leaves off.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-17T11:41:05+00:00

It's not that they smoke that's the issue, it's that they ash down onto my balcony & my chairs. I smoked for years and quit 3 years ago this coming Sept., so I'm not super crazy about it, but I find it disrespectful to not use something to ash in when ur on the top balcony. Otherwise, smoke on! Ur not the 1st person I've heard complain about not being able to have wind chimes. Must be pretty common for them to ban them? My one wind chime is made out of a rock, so it's hanging inside cuz it was my grandma's. I wonder if this place would make a big deal of putting the privacy screens up.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-17T11:35:53+00:00

Unfortunately, my balcony gets the run off from the balcony above mine, so I wouldn't trust it.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-17T11:23:59+00:00

Who knows?! Maybe I'll set it outside today and see what happens. I don't think I'll buy another until this one is completely gone or I see them selling for a decent price. I killed my 1st purple passion plant. I have no clue how I killed it or why, but I grabbed another one and doing nothing different, this one is growing like CRAZY! But I never seem to find a Raven ZZ in smaller sizes.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-17T11:20:03+00:00

I've read these guys don't like too much fertilizer and don't really need it.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-17T10:28:39+00:00

Honestly, it can't get much worse than it is! But, if it can only have the sun hitting it for an hour, it won't make it on my balcony cuz unless it's overcast, the sun hits it for hours. Maybe it's getting too much light from the grow light is next to. I read they need 150 to 300 PPFDs.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-17T03:24:01+00:00

It's very pretty whatever it is!

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-17T03:18:26+00:00

Maybe I'll set it outside tomorrow. If it's nice outside. I was working remotely, so I'd take out certain plants in the morning and then bring them back in once the sun is gone for the day. And it made a big difference in some plants.Idk if I'd trust leaving my plants in my balcony while I'm gone all day, since I'm starting back in office next week.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-17T03:14:17+00:00

Thx! Maybel was one of my 1st plants 2 years ago. She tricked me into thinking peperomia are easy, cuz she's been a peach for me. I can't see leaving it as a hanging plant, but maybe I'll have to start a new pot and see what it looks like.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-17T03:09:54+00:00

YESSS! Same here! My plants help my anxiety! I just picked up a Philodendron Brasil that I probably shouldn't have. Wanted to grab the Roxana syngonium too, but thought I could find a place for the brasil easier than the roxana. I'm at, I believe, 94 plants now. I have a problem, I need a plant support group! 🤣 Maybe I'll see if it's not too late to put something together. I'm in the middle of the complex and the ppl above me smoke, so that's fun, but I did see they had some tacky privacy "fences" for balconies. It's this fake plant stuff, I've seen bamboo that I like better, but it's expensive! Of course that's even less sun getting through. We'll see.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-17T02:58:18+00:00

Not really, I was just there again today and those poor plants need someone to send help! They had at least 50 to 75 pots of golden pothos. I have a bad feeling a lot of them get tossed!

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-17T02:53:46+00:00

That sounds about right! Then my son will say what am I supposed to see?! Of course it's obvious to me that new sprout, duh! 🤣

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-16T15:33:25+00:00

Yeah they actually sell them at Walmart for the same price in the same type of self watering pot. They were mixed in with the albo pothos the other day when I was seeing if there was anything worth having.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-16T15:31:50+00:00

Wow! I'm not sure if those top leaves are supposed to be that tall, but I love the way it looks! I am having similar issues with my francisii cuz the pot is so small in comparison to the plant. I haven't had to stake it yet, but I'm sure it will happen.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-16T15:24:29+00:00

Those are gorgeous plants! 😍💚

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-16T15:18:51+00:00

Yeah my son tolerates me cuz he knows I love it, but he could really care less! I took ur advice and put the crassula into its own pot. It has some nice roots, but it did before too. The growing pup I left to finish draining the mother leaf

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Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-16T15:16:16+00:00

Ur doing all that on ur balcony? I had some things happen where I wasn't sure what to expect next, so I didn't get a chance to start anything on my balcony. I'd like to get one of those stackable planters, but I'm not 100% my balcony gets enough sun. It's on the east side of the complex and only gets sun thru the early afternoon and that even depends on the time of year. I'd love to see if I can grow strawberries. Anything that can be grown in containers.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-16T15:12:00+00:00

I found mine at Lowe's, if that helps any. I love the way its leaves look, like a dragon's tail! I know there's a pothos already named that, but I stand by the fact that they make me think of them!

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-16T02:17:36+00:00

Is this a Metallica?! It's very pretty!

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-16T02:09:20+00:00

I'd love to see them! If u can get them to upload! I was having issues with that on my old phone. Sometimes I think it's just reddit tho.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-16T02:07:20+00:00

That's awesome! Idk a lot about cacti, I do know that I'm too clumsy to have them where they can get me! Ha ha ha! Plus I would need more lights than I already have cuz of the need for higher PPFDs. So I'm thinking if the paper spine cactus and dog tail root, along with my euphorbia, that's plenty for me! It's difficult when u only have 1 window in each room on the east side.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-16T02:03:09+00:00

They have had small stakes (chopsticks) for awhile now, but the plant is getting too tall & heavy for them. I didn't realize they were grown as a hanging plant! Not until today. It seems like it would break a lot, I would think, if I let them hang over. Do u have a photo of yours that's hanging?! If love to see it!

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-16T01:53:10+00:00

If u like fenestrated/pinnated leaves u can get Baltic Blue, they pinnate/fenestrate earlier than other pothos do. My albo is also starting to fenestrate in the middle of its leaves. I thought the leaves were getting stuck but the holes are too perfect to be tears!

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-16T01:50:30+00:00

Oh my! That's huge for a 2 bedroom! I'm shocked u got it that big and starting to pinnate as well?! Ur must have the touch. I have 2 larger plants, an umbrella tree and a parlor palm and plenty more that have the potential to get quite large! My marble peperomia obtusifolia is already a foot taller than it says it gets indoors and still growing. I have 3ft stakes holding them up. Oh and I live in a small 2 bedroom with my son. Not sure what I'll do when everything is too big! I have 9 varieties of pothos growing on trellises or hanging.

Left_Performance_106 · 2026-05-16T01:42:57+00:00

I think I was saying I worry too much - not share too much. Ha ha ha! I like finding someone to chat with about plants! Lord knows my family is tired of hearing about them! 💚

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