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Puzzleheaded-Net3471
I noticed yesterday that my Peace Lily was overwatered and showing signs of root rot. I took it out, trimmed the rotten roots, and repotted it into fresh, dry soil.
After repotting, I only gave it a very small amount of water. It has been about 12 hours now, but the plant hasn’t perked up at all and still looks very limp (as seen in the photos).
tomayto_potayto
2 things; it needs more light, and secondly is watering stuff. The stems look leggy so definitely get it somewhere with brighter light.
They’re super dramatic like this when they need water and suddenly wilt like crazy. They could be very dry OR if you’ve overwatered for a long time and a lot of roots have rotted, there wouldn’t be enough left to take up the amount of water if needs so even if the soil is soaking, it would be still thirsty. Fully saturate the soil, let it drip dry fully and you’re good to go for 5ish days depending on the weather at your home. Wait until the top inch of soil is fully dry, water sooner if you notice it start to wilt again. 🙂
nicoleauroux
It’s not going to get really excited because it already had dead roots and you removed them, that’s not an issue.
Those thicker dead roots were relying on very fine hair-like roots to feed it water. It’s going to have trouble until those reestablish.
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I noticed yesterday that my Peace Lily was overwatered and showing signs of root rot. I took it out, trimmed the rotten roots, and repotted it into fresh, dry soil.
After repotting, I only gave it a very small amount of water. It has been about 12 hours now, but the plant hasn’t perked up at all and still looks very limp (as seen in the photos).
2 things; it needs more light, and secondly is watering stuff. The stems look leggy so definitely get it somewhere with brighter light.
They’re super dramatic like this when they need water and suddenly wilt like crazy. They could be very dry OR if you’ve overwatered for a long time and a lot of roots have rotted, there wouldn’t be enough left to take up the amount of water if needs so even if the soil is soaking, it would be still thirsty. Fully saturate the soil, let it drip dry fully and you’re good to go for 5ish days depending on the weather at your home. Wait until the top inch of soil is fully dry, water sooner if you notice it start to wilt again. 🙂
It’s not going to get really excited because it already had dead roots and you removed them, that’s not an issue.
Those thicker dead roots were relying on very fine hair-like roots to feed it water. It’s going to have trouble until those reestablish.