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By Corgibutt
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Hey guys, I'm a little worried about my vft looking droopy... I got it the day (or rather night) before yesterday and it's a tiny baby (7cm/2'5 inch). Yesterday morning it was looking great, and I let it sit on a south facing windowsill for 5.5h to acclimate it to the sun and later moved it to a north facing one. I also put it in less than 1cm/0.5in distilled water (? vapour collected from boiling tap water). At the end of the day I noticed that the leaves were not as upright as they were in the morning, and today it's even worse, plus a tiny leaf hidden under there is turning black. (Btw I let it out on the south facing patio for 5.5h today and used a tiny bit of store bought distilled water.)

I think there might be a few reasons why it's wilting:
- general stress from relocation
-me moving it around way too often
-soil too wet (perhaps I let it sit in water for too long, especially since it's a tiny pot)
-sun exposure not gradual enough (bought from a metro station flower shop)
-?

The first pic is from yesterday morning and the second from this afternoon.
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It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could give me advice on what to do next!
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By Corgibutt
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By thepitchergrower
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Looks perfectly healthy to me. Just wait for it to acclimatize. If you really want to, bag it/ put on a humidity dome.
By Corgibutt
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Joined:  Sat Apr 16, 2022 7:15 pm
#408505
thepitchergrower wrote: Sun Apr 17, 2022 2:48 am Looks perfectly healthy to me. Just wait for it to acclimatize. If you really want to, bag it/ put on a humidity dome.
That's reassuring, thank you!
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