Drooping peace lily
Mali Hart
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Peace lily drooping for about a year
Comments (1)I have several pots of peace lily and in my climate, the plant seems to thrive without any care. I maintain my plants by picking off the outer-most leaves, which if I don't would "droop horizontally". You said that "some leaves are horizontal"... so I suppose these are the outer-most leaves. If that is the case, I'd take them off so the whole plant doesn't look "drooping". Here's a photo of my peace lily. Xuan (from Vietnam)...See MoreTips on maintaining a peace lily
Comments (22)In riparian settings where PLs naturally occur, root physiology is adapted to provide a pathway for O2 from the atmosphere to the roots. Roots use this O2 sourced from outside of the rhizosphere (rootzone) to fuel root function/metabolism. Plants grown in a solid medium (potting soil) have root systems adapted to use O2 from the rhizosphere. When the rhizosphere is flooded or partially flooded, the root system is functionally crippled and the entire organism suffers (spoiled/blemished foliage, poor water/nutrient uptake, poor health/growth, reduced ability to resist insects/disease [like root or crown rot], ....). Unfortunately, roots can't transition back and forth, allowing them to utilize O2 from outside the rhizosphere today and from the rhizosphere tomorrow, which is exactly what we ask them to do if we use a water-retentive soil. BTW - fading blooms should be removed from plants, but whether or not foliage you might think unattractive should be removed is a little more subjective. If your plant is healthy, you can remove leaves that are going over with very little impact on the plant's vitality; but, if the plant is weak, there are advantages to leaving the leaves on. First, we should clear up the notion that the sad looking leaves are an energy drain on the plant. They aren't. If a leaf is using more energy than it's creating, chemical messengers inform plant central that the leaf isn't pulling it's weight. At that tipping point, the plant will start 2 processes. 1) to shed the leaf lackey, and 2) while the shedding process is advancing, the plant will be salvaging mobile nutrients and other useful biocompounds from the offending leaf and translocating them to other plant parts - another way Mother Nature recycles. If your plant is struggling, you should be a little more reluctant to remove leaves until the plant signals it's done with them. Al...See MorePeace lily leaves are drooping and curling
Comments (3)Overwatering isn't about using too much water, but rather how much water remains in the soil afterwards. You want a fast draining mix that doesn't stay soggy. So the plant's roots can still breathe. Fresh air is just as vital as fresh water. Probably even moreso. Sure their leaves take in carbon dioxide, but their roots also take in fresh oxygen as well. When they can't do this, their roots suffocate and eventually end up rotting. Think of it this way, you need both water and fresh air to survive. But go without either and see which one you die from first. Plants are no different. When you do water your plants, flush out the entire pot with lots of fresh water, and let the excess drain away....See MorePeace Lily Serious Sudden Drooping
Comments (29)Most commonly, peace lily in steep decline are stressed by over or under-watering (usually the former), or root congestion, which is best resolved by dividing the plant (preferred) or repotting (as opposed to potting up, which only partially and very temporarily relieves only some of the stress caused by root congestion. There is no need to stand on ceremony when dividing. I use a small (12" handle) mattock to make the divisions, and use the divisions that come from the perimeter of the root mass, which will be more robust than those in the middle. Very often growers conclude, because PLs are often found in situ (where they naturally occur) in riparian (river/streamside) settings, they like or prefer wet feet/soggy soil. This is not true. While the plant can readily adapt to various forms of hydroculture, they can't tolerate the stress of back and forth from wet soil to almost dry soil. The adaptation requires a physiological change in root structure. When the plant is in a riparian setting, roots will be filled with aerenchymous tissues which provide a pathway by which oxygen from above the water line moves through roots to fuel metabolic root functions. Plants grown in pots develop a parenchymous root structure which facilitates extraction of oxygen from air-filled pockets in the soil, which means the same care should be taken to provide a well-aerated medium and avoid a heavy hand on the watering can. PLs require regular applications of fertilizer. Foliage-Pro 9-3-6 is a solid choice with rates and frequency varying according to grower's choice of grow medium and watering habits. Al...See MoreMali Hart
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