Hello! My peace lily has started getting dry leaves so I ...
8” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 day ago
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just check your soil with a wooded chopstick. if the chopstick comes out of the soil dry, you need to give it a heavy watering, if it comes out with little bits of dirt on it, hold off on the watering. many times people get confused on when to water plants, and how much water to give them, but it doesn’t matter how much water you give them, it matters how often you water them. if you have a well draining mix, then when that chopstick comes out dry, you can drown that h*e. then wait a couple of days, check the soil again, and repeat. lots of people think that it’s okay to water plants everyday, but only give them a little bit of water every day, and that’s bad, because even though you’re only watering a little bit, since you’re doing it everyday, even though it’s only a little bit of water, that plant is going to be more prone to root rot. so instead of watering lightly every day, water heavily when the plant needs it.
Thank you. I've also been told that I should only water when the plant is drooping and that's mainly what I've been doing. Greg says I should water now, but the soil is most so I'm waiting. Would it perhaps do better outside with indirect sun? I've had it inside next to my sliding door so it gets indirect sun - through a sheer curtain - facing my covered deck.
@Ladybeetle54 Hi Jan, I’d be checking the roots on that plant. It does look overwatered and in turn could have root rot. If there are brown and mushy roots, that is rot and the roots need to be cleaned and disinfected. Remove the plant from soil. Rinse off excess soil, inspect the roots, if there are infected roots cut off, keep the white firm ones. Soak roots in a mix of peroxide and water for 5 mins then rinse off and repot in fresh soil. I have 3 peace lillies. They like consistently moist but not soggy soil and pretty bright indirect light. I have two that face a southwest window and I have supplant grow lights. I have one which is newer and it’s in my bathroom facing northwest. The key is to water when it starts to droop slightly, let the top 2 inches dry before watering by again. For me, that’s every 6-8 days. My@plants are in 10 inch pots so it’s about 2 /1/2 cups of water every week.
