r/PeaceLilyHandbook

hi everyone !! i recently bought my first ever peace lily a week ago (24th september), it sits on my desk (east facing window) & in the mornings, when the sun has a couple rays on my desk, i position it so it can sunbathe for the little time the light is there

i watered it for the first time (28th september) after which i noticed the leaves immediately perked up. however, today i noticed my plant has considerably drooped once again & my flowers have been looking strange.

i did a little research & droopy leaves indicate a lack of water & that i should check my soil. i haven't repotted it so the pot is the same one from the nursery & appears to have ample drainage. my soil appears to be dry but i'm wondering if i could possibly overwater it if i water it now since not much time has passed since last watering session. additionally, flowers looking strange indicate that they're simply going through a life cycle & that i must trim them once they turn brown.

i'm used to cacti & other such plants that require little watering in their routines so i'm worried if my peace lily is getting the care it deserves. thank you so much for any help & feedback 🩷

I've been looking after this plant on behalf of my landlady, who moved countries. I've had her (she is a girl) for almost a year now. Never have I seen her so flowered. I don't know what but I must be doing something well.

This plant has never been repotted, although the roots must be really packed..... I'm too scared to engage in such a task.

Hello, my girlfriend and I have been fighting to keep a peace lily alive for almost 2 years now and it has been nothing but a struggle. It was given at my girlfriend's mother's funeral and I desperately want to try to keep it alive. We have tried repotting it. We have moved it in every location of the house. We have Alexa reminders. Remind us to check the moisture. We have moisture meters in the pot and no matter what we just can't seem to keep this alive. When we did transfer it it did have a lot of root rot and we caught a lot of it away and for a little bit it struggled and then started to seem like it was coming back. But just recently it started to develop these blacks on the stocks. I'm wondering if based on the photo, if I can try separating the plant and maybe potting half of it into a another pot in hopes to try to keep it alive or is there any anything that anyone can help with?

Things we do,

-Non-direct sunlight, but still in view of sun.

- filtered water

- repotted with fresh soil

- got those plastic garden domes to help increase humidity

I am worried that we keep our house at 67 year round and we are about to go into winter and we are in Wisconsin so we are expecting a pretty harsh winter.

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you

I’ve had this peace lily for the past year and a half and it’s starting to get a bunch of smaller leaves. I know I’ve got to do a little bit of pruning, but does it need a bigger pot or is it fine in this one?