Corn cleavers
About Corn cleavers
Corn cleavers 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.
Corn cleavers likes soil that is well draining. Your plant shouldn't need added fertilizers if you repot each time it doubles in size.
Taxonomy
Galium tricornutum
Galium
Rubiaceae
Gentianales
Also known as
Corn cleavers, rough corn bedstraw and roughfruit corn bedstraw
How to care for Corn cleavers
How often to water your Corn cleavers
Corn cleavers 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 Corn cleavers in your home
Corn cleavers love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Corn cleavers does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Corn cleavers in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Corn cleavers
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 Corn cleavers after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
Care Summary for Corn cleavers
Corn cleavers
Greg recommends:
0.5 cups every 9 days
< 1ft from a window
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.