Well I know I’m killing it, but I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing wrong. I’ve had the plant for over 12 months now and around 6 months ago the leaves started wilting before turning brown. It’s a very slow process but one that can’t be stopped. Pruning dying leaves results in other leaves starting the same process.
In my attempts to revive it, I repotted it about 4 months ago, using perlite etc to make sure that it’s well drained. At the time there was no sign of root rot not any smell that indicated things weren’t going well. There are no signs of any bugs or fungus either. I had been lax on watering (waiting until the leaves droop) but modified this about 4 weeks ago on recommendation from a gardening friend. Now use a bamboo skewer to check soil moisture.
Since the more frequent watering though, some leaves now go yellowish which is a sign of overwatering right? Plant gets a lot of indirect sunlight and is kept in the hallway,
so is unaffected by air conditioning or heating that may dry it out.
Any advice on what could be wrong with my plant baby would be greatly appreciated!
by gayrichie89
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Pull it out and check the roots again. It may have decided to be dramatic after the repot because it can lol.
How much are you watering it? Whenever I was watering mine too frequently, the leaves looked like this. also check the roots to make sure it doesn’t have root rot
Are you fertilizing at all?
I pretty much only water my peace lilies when the leaves begin to wilt, or once a week when they are outside (indirect sunlight, summers are hot so if the leaves droop before the week is up, I’ll water them beforehand -again, this is only when they’re outside)
I’ve had the same peace lily for over 15 years and I’ve thinned it into two different pots, for a total of three pots atm. I feed them with a water additive fertilizer maybe 3 times a year. Make sure the pots drain really well, and I mean, you wanna see water coming out of them within a handful of seconds.
Good luck!
Is your plant near a door? Looks like cold damage to me.