But over the following weeks, the limp segments begin to firm up again. Color slowly returns. New growth appears at the edges, tentative at first, then stronger.
It turns out the plant wasn’t dying. It was constrained.
And that’s the lesson that lingers longer than the rescue itself. Some problems don’t show up where you’re looking. The visible signs—drooping leaves, fading color—are only symptoms of something hidden beneath the surface. Fixing them requires more than adjusting what you can see. It requires digging deeper, even when it’s inconvenient.
In the
