Dear plantcare,
I love nature so much and I would like to learn a lot about it. I brought two plants home from school because, me and my bestfriend are trying to take care of them. People inside my school keep bothering them and making them more sick. So we're taking them home one by one to nurse them back to health. Here's the problem I'm doing good a little because they drown the plants in school. My arrowhead vine plant keeps falling apart and the leaves at the bottom are really smaller then the leaves up top. I think I'm doing something wrong, some leaves are the color red and their curling in. I know why their the color yellow because they had to much water. I honestly think I'm doing something wrong, and I trust you to help me.

Thankyou,
Please help me :-)

That's nice that you brought these plants home to help them, it sounds like they would have surly died in that school.

Syngonium podophyllum, also known as arrowhead vine/plant are pretty easy to take of once you know how.

If the plants are falling apart, it could already have rot setting in the roots which should be inspected, cut out any that are soft and rotted. If they all are, the only thing you can do is look for any stems (near soil line) that are healthy and have little nubs on them, planted into small pots, with well draining soil, new roots will grow.

Care of Syngonium-

The top inch of the soil should feel close dry before watering, then water enough so it comes out the drainage holes and empty any excess so they are not sitting in water (causes rot)They like soil that's semi moist, not wet, not dried out. Check the soil every 5 to 7 days. If the top feels wet, don't water and check again in a few days.

They like bright indirect light, which means no direct hot sun. Dapple sun is ok, otherwise the leaves will burn and dry out.The smaller ones should grow taller in better light.

If your fertilizing, stop now, only feed lightly in the spring and summer months and only a very small amount (half strength of what the label says)feed every couple weeks to a month and ONLY if the plants are looking healthy and growing. Fertilizer is not a medicine and will not help an ailing plant, it can actually make the plants worse faster. No fertilizer in winter when most plants slow down their growing and rest.

Syngoniums grow well in a vase of just plant water. Just make sure the bottom stems near the soil are not soft and rotting but appear green, sturdy and healthy and have those little hard nubs/roots. You might loose a few to yellowing when moved to water, throw them out, but most should survive the transition.