What’s Up With My Wilting Peace Lily?
Ask th Expert: Help! My peace lily’s leaves are wilting!! I’ve had a peace lily for about a month. It was growing beautifully and sprouting a white flower. Last week I noticed that all the leaves were slumped over and sagging, no longer straight up and stretched. What can I do? Should I put a stick in the soil and hold up the leaves. Repot the plant? Please help! Trina
June 16th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Trina,
Watering issues are usually the cause of peace lily wilt. It can often be a result of over watering or under watering.
How often are you watering? Does your pot have a drain hole? You want the excess water to drain from the pot and not pool around the roots. Water pooled around the roots can cause root rot which will cause the plant to wilt and die. To see if you have rooting roots remove it from the pot. Cut off any decaying roots and place back in the pot. If the roots aren’t decaying but seem to be root bound then the plant isn’t able to take in enough water and thus the plant will wilt. In this case the plant will need to be repotted. If the roots look fine and the soil isn’t soggy then it maybe a case of needs more water. Also you may need to create more humidity around the plant. This can be by misting the plant every couples of days.
If the plant is in a window and receiving a lot of light, you might want to more is away from the light slightly. Caring for Peace Lillies is not too difficult as long as you keep the plant moist but not soggy.