Plant Specifications

Planting And Care

It can handle direct sunlight for a few hours each day. It will not tolerate lower light well but can adapt to medium light. Your Rhoeo Oyster likes to dry out completely between watering. When you water, water thoroughly until water comes out of the drainage hole, then remove any excess water.

Moses In The Cradle Light Requirement

• Your Rhoeo Oyster will do great in bright indirect light to bright light.
• It can handle direct sunlight for a few hours each day.
• It will not tolerate lower light well but can adapt to medium light.

Soil

• The Moses-in-the-cradle plant grows best in light soil with good drainage.
• The aerated potting mix should contain some peat moss or organic matter to retain some moisture.
• However, the potting medium shouldn’t stay soggy, or your plant will suffer root rot and eventually die

Watering

• Keep soil evenly moist spring through fall. In winter, allow the potting medium to dry out slightly between watering.
• Humidity: Moderate room (around 40% relative humidity).
• Brown leaf tips indicate that the air is too dry.

Application of Fertilizer

• The Moses-in-the-cradle plant is a relatively fast-growing plant with modest fertilizer needs.
• You only need to feed the plant monthly during the growing season—spring and summer.
• The best type of fertilizer to use is a balanced houseplant fertilizer diluted to half strength.

Re-potting