Over Fertilized Peace Lily
Ask the Expert: Peace lily question
I made a big mistake when feeding my peace lily. I used full strength Miracle-Gro liquid all purpose plant food watering can type without diluting it and three days later the leaves are starting to shrivel up and dry out. The plant has wilted, even watering it didn’t seem to help. Any suggestions on bringing it back to life?
July 27th, 2007 at 7:38 am
Sue,
If you realize you have over fertilized any plant with a liquid fertilizer you can flush it with a little more water. However, usually the roots grab what they can as the water-fertilizer solution goes by
and may not take up the extra plain water. Peace lilies are pretty resilient and should bounce back with time. Don’t feed this plant for about a month and it should show signs of recovery.