Cast Iron Plant
4.8 out of 5 (44 experiences)
Survivor
Large, lush leaves
About Cast Iron Plant
Cast Iron Plant is a super popular houseplant 🌿 that is isn’t challenging to grow and needs regular watering to thrive. They do best in abundant sunlight ☀ and should be less than 3 feet from a window.
Plant parents describe this plant as being a survivor and having large, lush leaves with a whopping 4718 being grown with Greg around the world. Check out the reviews below for more details!🌟
Cast Iron Plant likes soil that is well draining. Your plant shouldn't need added fertilizers if you repot each time it doubles in size.
Taxonomy
Aspidistra elatior
Aspidistra
Asparagaceae
Asparagales
Also known as
Barroom Plant
How to care for Cast Iron Plant
How often to water your Cast Iron Plant
every 9
Cast Iron Plant 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 Cast Iron Plant in your home
a window
Cast Iron Plant may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves 🍃, without ample sunlight.
Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Cast Iron Plant in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Cast Iron Plant
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 Cast Iron Plant after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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When a cast iron plant has brown tips what does that mean? Too much light?
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What are the brown spots on my leaves? #CastIronPlant
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Hi, my plant is big, in a 10-inch pot, why is the app telling me to give it a half cup of water? #CastIronPlant
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Cast iron plant leaning? I replaced the soil in my cast iron plant in an effort to combat fungus gnats. Despite my best efforts to keep all pieces up straight, they are all leaning to some degree. Should I try again or leave it alone?
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Why are my leaves turning?
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This has a burnt look on a couple of leaves.
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Some of the leaves are turning brown. Is that due to lo humidity? #CastIronPlant
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Leaf turning Hello. I got my cast iron in January and all was going well but, I have one leaf that’s turning. Which is weird to me as she’s also been growing a new stalk. Any ideas on what’s wrong or I need to change? I really water on schedule only and leave her be otherwise. 1st time plant owner just trying to keep her alive.
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I've had it for a couple of years. It has not grown any new leaves or gotten bigger in this time. Recently, I noticed one of the leaves turning yellow. Now it is completely yellow. Any suggestions to make it grow and not continue to get yellow leaves. #CastIronPlant
Care Summary for Cast Iron Plant
Cast Iron Plant
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 3ft 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.
What other plant parents say
Survivor 31
Large, lush leaves 22
Fast grower 12
Browns easily 4
Easy to propagate 3
Blooms easily 2
05/20/2021
So tough and hard to damage I suspect it might be fake! Just kidding, but no really this plant has the slowest metabolism. The leaves hardly move with the light, the plant hardly grows.
It’s a great looking plant, it adds beautiful foliage to any room. Just not at all exciting for the growth enthusiasts.
Survivor
04/13/2021
*This plant sits on the floor of my dining room, about 4' away from a east-facing window.*
Do you want an amazing plant but you're afraid you'll kill it? Do you know someone who is longing to turn their home or office into a magnificent jungle, but they are doubting their abilities?
Look no further: THIS IS THE PLANT TO GET. It was relatively inexpensive for its size and it forgives and forgives. It is okay in low-light situations. An before Greg, I might have forgotten to water this big, ole plant and it forgave me. I have three rough-and-tumble boys who like to go exploring in the jungle and it forgives them.
I have no idea how it happened, but at one brief time in its history, IT BLOOMED, but I haven't seen that again. I bet once my household settles down, it'll be ready to bloom again!
Large, lush leaves
Survivor