Beginner Gardening: Paddle Plant help, 0 by shovelgrrrl

shovelgrrrl wrote:
I've got a paddle plant that I recently purchased, the plant is about 6" tall and 7" wide and is in a 4" round pot. It seems happy enough, but the bottom layer of leaves is shriveling up and dying. I was told to pinch new leaves in the center, but this has made the older leaves shrivel faster, or so it appears to me. I give the plant about 2 tablespoons of water every Monday, it has plenty of light and is 6' away from a south facing window in Albuquerque, but doesn't get any direct sunlight that I am aware of, it is in my office so I don't see it at 6 am or anything. Is the dying of the leaves normal? Am I over or under watering? Should I really be pinching the cute tiny little leaves? Thanks.