Prickly Sedge
About Prickly Sedge
Prickly Sedge is a super rare houseplant 🌿 that needs regular watering to thrive. They do best in long-lasting, direct light ☀️ and should be less than 1 foot from a window.
Prickly Sedge likes soil that is good at retaining moisture. Your plant shouldn't need added fertilizers if you repot each time it doubles in size.
Taxonomy
Carex stipata
Carex
Cyperaceae
Poales
Also known as
prickly sedge, awl-fruited sedge, awlfruit sedge, swamp sedge, sawbeak sedge, stalk-grain sedge and common fox sedge
How to care for Prickly Sedge
How often to water your Prickly Sedge
every 9
Prickly Sedge needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Prickly Sedge in your home
a window
Prickly Sedge love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Prickly Sedge does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Prickly Sedge in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Prickly Sedge
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Prickly Sedge after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
Care Summary for Prickly Sedge
Prickly Sedge
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.