1 week Ago By Millie Bull
Peace lilies are popular houseplants known for their white spathes and beautiful green foliage. If cared for properly, they are easy to grow and relatively low maintenance. In the spring, however, they need consistent watering and regular feeding to keep them happy and ensure they bloom.
However, if your peace lily is producing yellow foliage and losing leaves, this could be a sign that your plant needs one task completed now. Rob Clarke, technical manager at Westland Horticulture, has shared the signs that your peace lily is "struggling" and that it could be a sign that your plant needs repotting. Mr Clarke said: "Signs that a peace lily is struggling include yellowing foliage and excessive leaf loss, sluggish growth, poor flowering, and a mass of roots emerging from the base of pots, which could all be signs to repot your plant.
"Compost can become depleted of nutrients over the years and stressed plants are more prone to aphid infestations. "Indoor plants should be potted into fresh compost every two to three years and spring is the best time to settle a houseplant into a new pot. "Choose a container that’s only slightly bigger than the current one – around three to five centimetres larger in diameter.
"A pot with plenty of drainage holes is essential, to reduce the risk of overwatering. To help ease plants from their old pots and minimise damage to roots, water plants a day before repotting. "To remove the old pot, hold the plant by placing your fingers over the surface of the compost at the base of the plant, turn it on its side and gently ease the root ball from the pot.
" If your peace lily is pot-bound, it might need tapping to detach the roots from the pot. Dead or damaged roots will also need to be removed, and spiralled roots will need to be pried apart using your fingers. Once your peace lily is free from its old pot, fill the base of a new pot with potting mix before planting the plant in it.
Add or remove the potting mix from the pot so that the plant is about 1cm below the rim of the pot. Repotting your peace lily like this will ensure no water spills over the edges of the pot when it is being watered. Lastly, fill the gaps at the sides of the root ball with fresh potting mix, gently firm the compost and water well.
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