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peace lily went drooping

5 years ago

Hello. Can someone tell me what to do with the peace lily which is drooping after I watered it a few days ago? Is it not coming back ?
Thanks.

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  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    You have to be diligent with the watering of these inside a house. Pull it out of the decorative container and look at the soil, maybe take it out of the pot and look at the roots, see if it is really still wet now. Or if instead it has already dried out again.

    Otherwise if when you pull it out of the decorative planter you find it sitting in water left from 2 days ago then there is an implication that it is actually too wet.

  • 5 years ago

    I watered outside. Maybe that’s why

  • 5 years ago

    Thanks

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    If it was too cold for it outside it would have had to have been out there for some time to be so affected. Unless maybe it was really cold outside.

  • 5 years ago

    The pot has a drain hole?

    If your plant remains in a wilted state even though you can easily detect moisture in the grow medium, the odds highly favor the fact there is too much water in the medium and not enough air. Too much water = insufficient oxygen supply = impaired root function = the plant's/root's inability to keep the plant's internal water pressure high enough to maintain turgidity = wilting. Check the state of the foliage in terms of how bad the wilting is during the day, then compare again to what it looks like before you retire for the evening. If it's perked up a bit, it's definitely from over-watering. During the dark phase, small openings in the leaves (stomata) close, which markedly slows transpirational water loss. Less water lost to the surrounding atmosphere = a higher internal water pressure = a higher state of turgidity and a reduction in or absence of wilting.

    Your plant would function best if there was no saturated soil at the bottom of the pot and the entire soil column was damp or moist, never wet or soggy.

    Al

  • 5 years ago

    I left outside for a couple hours after I watered before bringing it back in. I guess it’s a temperature shock.

  • 5 years ago

    Thanks tapia for the detailed info.

  • 5 years ago

    Just wondering if I should keep or toss. I just bought it. LOL.

  • 5 years ago

    No question the plant is functioning normally as plants are reactive organisms and no matter how they react, it's normal. It's simply responding unfavorably to a cultural condition beyond the limits Mother Nature (genetically) programmed it to tolerate. Undoubtedly, the problem originates in the rhizosphere (root zone) and it's a pretty good bet the plant is either too dry or too wet. Since I indicated wilting while the soil is moist is almost certainly a case of too much water in the grow medium, mapping out the path to resolution might end up being the easiest thing you do today.

    I hope you don't give up because I like it when my encouragement works, but no judgement no matter what you decide. Best luck.

    Al

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