Keep your peace lily always green and blooming: 3 effective tips
The Peace Lily or Spathiphyllum is considered one of the most prized plants among gardening enthusiasts. With its sturdy leaves and regular production of fragrant white flowers, the Peace Lily is a popular choice. Despite its widespread popularity, not everyone knows the secrets of properly caring for a Peace Lily. In this article, we’ll share some tricks to give your Peace Lily lush green leaves and profuse blooms.
Basic Peace Lily Care: Although care is relatively simple, there are tricks that can improve the health of the Peace Lily’s leaves and encourage lush blooms. If your Peace Lily has yellowing leaves and isn’t blooming, the following tips will help. Basic care includes good drainage and moist soil without waterlogging.
Place your peace lily in a well-lit area and avoid direct sunlight. In addition, regular leaf cleaning is essential to remove dust that could hinder proper photosynthesis.
Below we suggest three tricks to revive a struggling peace lily, improve its appearance and stimulate flowering. These are simple homemade fertilizers with excellent results.
Rusty nail trick: Use this trick if the leaves of your peace lily are turning yellow.
Pour two liters of water into a container and immerse a handful of rusty nails, being careful not to cut yourself. Let the nails soak for a week, then remove them and mix the liquid with another three liters of water. Pour the solution into a sufficiently large bottle.
Water your peace lily with this solution once a week. Despite its special nature, this method is extremely effective in treating iron deficiency that causes yellowing of the leaves.
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Coffee and onion skin flowering trick: Mix a liter of water with 5 tablespoons of used coffee grounds. In another container, pour the same amount of water and add some onion skins. After about 24 hours, strain both solutions and mix.
Use this liquid every 30 days to water your peace lily. This is one of the most effective tricks to stimulate the flowering of your peace lily.
Milk growth stimulant trick: Mix half a liter of water with half a liter of whole milk. Water your peace lily with this solution once a week.
This trick will provide your peace lily with all the nutrients it needs for faster growth.
Remember that the peace lily usually blooms after the first 6 months of its life. In addition, it is prone to magnesium deficiency and fungal infections.