Peace lily hack: Where to place your plant to 'trigger flowering' and keep it 'blooming'
Peace lilies love soil with peat moss, lime, perlite and sand
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Most plant enthusiasts consider Peace lilies to be 'low-maintenance', but their growth often stagnates once they're brought home.
Months can pass before they start to bloom. With the help of a few hacks, however, the plants may be more likely to flower.
The Peace lily is a short-day response plant, meaning it begins forming buds during the cooler season, and flowers fully when the days become longer.
The plants are notoriously picky and their leaves generally become droopy when watering is inconsistent.
Waterlogging Peace lilies will likely kill them
GETTYAdditionally, leaves can begin to wilt if the plants receive an excess of water.
To create optimal conditions in your home, experts advise putting the plant in a room where temperatures hover around 20C.
Gardening experts at Love That Leaf say you should “aim for mid to high 20s during the day (75 to 85F) to help trigger flowering and keep your Peace lily blooming."
They add: “Peace lilies really do tolerate a wide range of conditions, including handling cooler temperatures better than a lot of our favourite tropical indoor plants, but once it gets below 18C on the regular that can prevent flowering."
Placing the houseplant next to a tray of pebbles in a shallow layer of water is also recommended, as is regular misting.
How to revive a wilting plant:
Even if the plant starts showing signs of struggle, it's worth noting that rejuvenation is still possible.
Three components, namely water, repotting and light exposure, are the perfect antidote for wilting plants.
Gardening enthusiast Riley Smith recently shared a simple hack to bring the plants back from the brink of death in less than 20 minutes.
“I was gone for a few days and came back to see my Peace lily looked [droopy]" the content creator told her followers. “It was so sad but I managed to revive it in just a few hours.
“I dusted all the leaves then took it to the shower to soak all the leaves and all the soil all the way through," she added, revealing a revived plant.
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Experts at Love That Leaf note that Peace lilies are not heavy feeds, but flowering takes a lot of energy.
"If you haven’t been feeding your Peace lily at all, or have had it on a high-nitrogen formula (for foliage), both may prevent your Peace lily from flowering," they added.
“Fertiliser helps fuel flowering but some fertilisers are made to encourage foliage growth not flowers.
“Shifting to a flower or bloom fertiliser will help encourage flowering. Keep in mind though - no matter what the fertiliser companies might claim - no fertiliser or blooms booster can make your plant flower like magic.”