I’m watching my neighbors’ house for them while they are on a month-long trip. They told me to water all of the houseplants once a week, but I went back today for the second watering and some of them look rough 😞
I know nothing about plants, so don’t even know what kind these are. Any advice appreciated!
They all are all in indirect light
by Ok-Climate-3032
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Did you water them well? If you were too afraid of dripping water on the floor and didn’t saturate them well enough they might be a little dry
May I ask how much water you’re giving them when you do water? This looks like they probably dried out.
oof
Yikes
You need to soak the f out of those plants when you water them. And only water them once a week. Don’t just add a little water.
Kinda looks like a disease
Dried out usually happens at the tip of the leaves and works back. Different varieties do call for different water but .. all the plants being affected like this.. I dunno
Call owner
Good news is that you’ll never be asked to take care of them again 🤣
You need to cut off the dead parts (everything brown). Water them thoroughly. Only indirect light. Hope they get better.
Oool 🫢
Did they look like this before you started watering? My corn plant (your second photo) took months to look that bad
you’re underwatering
yeah, get a bucket or something like that and dunk them in water one by one, until the pot feels nice and heavy when you pull it out. Don’t water them more often but do that weekly.
The peace lily is really easy to water as it will have all its leaves hanging down looking deflated when thirsty. When you see that you give them a good soak and they will perk up over the next couple of hours. Then you wait until they leave their leaves hanging again an repeat the cycle. The flowers will just wilt after a while. That’s normal in my experience. You can trim them off at the fold of the leaf they emerged from.
PS: This peace lily doesn’t look unhealthy. Just the flowers are wilting. Water it when it looks deflated.
The Dracaena looks like it might be in a pot with no drainage holes … Most plants hate being waterlogged in soil. Some leaf browning is also normal imo, since it grows like a palm tree.
The other plants I do not know.