r/PeaceLilyHandbook

A dear friend brought me this 10 year old peace lily yesterday that was her mother’s who is now passed. I guess it was lookin puny and her dad put it on the front porch, neglected and she desperately wants me to save it. Tropicals & begonias are more my wheelhouse. I’ve researched lighting, humidity, & soil needs. This soil no doubt prob toast no nutrients left.

My question is: once I check out the roots situation and repot it appropriately, do I wait and see if the leaves perk up, or do I cut them off down to nubs where there is new growth to allow the plant to put its energy there? I should’ve taken a pic before I pulled allllll the crispies off.

I really would like to revive Lazarus here for her, so any answers & extra tips I would appreciate so much!!

The original pot had little white centipedes or something in them- looked them up they were harmless, but i was made to repot my peace lily anyway. This is it about a week or two after, i've had to cut some leaves off but the yellow is spreading.
I tried to keep the roots as intact as possible, but i'm scared i killed it😭

This plant is very important to me so any tips would help!!!

Idk if it's this Midwestern humidity filled heatwave or if its a miracle but after my dog has been secretly chomping away at this guy(don't worry hes fine and has learned his lesson as have I 🐶), a full propagation and repotting, AND a few tumbles.....shes got 10 blooms. Im surprised because iv read that often you wont get many blooms like you saw when first purchasing them because of the special maintenance etc but I treat this thing like a redheaded stepchild and shes just thriving!

Hi, I have had this Peace Lily for around two years and for a long time the leaves were dark green and flowers would appear from time to time and it seemed happy with the location (not the same as in this photo) near my bay window in my lounge.

I water it weekly. I try to give it not to much and not to little.

I have a read that the chlorine in tap water can make the leaves turn yellow, so for the last three months i have been collecting rain water and using this, but there has been no improvement and recently two out leaves have turned really bad.

I'd love to help this plant be lush and dark green again.

My next plan was to repot it and give it some new soil, but before I do anything else I thought I'd seek help and advice from other Peace lily owners and fans.

Maybe somebody else here has had similar issues and solved them?

Thanks for any help you can give me and the Peace lily :)

It took many years, but my peace lily has finally bloomed. I hope because my house is peaceful, not because of the new pot. I have had it since like 2018 and it had really only bloomed twice. Anything I should do to keep it blooming?

What is going on with my peace lily? I bought it early May, and I water it weekly, once or twice it drooped a bit before I watered, so I know am not overwatering it.

The first time I watered it I just poured from above and then immediately threw away the excess water from that black plate I have it sitting on. After, I learned that it is good to let that excess water sit for a bit so the plant drinks up a bit more of the water needed and then throw it out and that is what I have done. Correct me if I am wrong.

For the past 1.5 weeks so many bottom leaves started to brown. I even cut off a few last time I watered it but some other ones are still dying out like that.

I am not sure what I’m doing wrong since this is my first plant. Any help is appreciated!

My peace lily has gone like this since the heatwave in the UK. She is watered, I have checked roots and they are not bound. How do I revive her?

My peace lily is showing signs of what I think is over watering but I am a complete black thumb. I’ve been able to keep it alive for 8 years but it is looking rough. I have been watering it once a week with reverse osmosis water. Does it need replanted? Ugh 😩

My peace lily was thriving when I bought it about 5 months ago and was getting pretty large, so a couple months ago I repotted it from its original nursery pot into a larger ceramic pot. Ever since then, it hasn’t fully bounced back.

The weird part is it’s not exactly declining — it’s still growing, putting out new leaves, and even has a flower coming in right now — but it stays kind of droopy/floppy no matter what I do.

What I’ve tried so far:
- suspected the new soil was too compact/moisture-retentive
- loosened the root ball a bit and added some perlite to improve aeration
- moved it to a brighter, humid bathroom with good indirect afternoon light
- adjusted watering so I wait until the top couple inches dry out before watering thoroughly

Current situation:
- leaves are mostly dark green
- no major yellowing
- some crispy brown tips/old blooms
- one pale/light green newer leaf
- definitely looks a little better/upright lately, but still not perky like before the repot

I’m wondering if its still recovering from repot stress,
the ceramic pot + soil mix still drains too slowly, or if I should try watering with distilled water (our tap water isn’t super hard but it’s not soft either).

Has anyone had a peace lily continue growing/flowering while also staying chronically droopy after a repot???

What’s wrong with my Peace Lily?!? I’ve had her for about a year and she was doing fine until a couple months ago. She lost almost all of her leaves because they were dying at the ends. I repotted her and now she puts out new leaves but a week after they are out, they start to die at the ends. What’s happening to her and what can I do to help?

I have a peace lily breeding project going on, and i was wondering if anyone has pictures of ripe seeds (maybe pic of the inflorescence when they are ripe)

My peace lily was thriving when I bought it about 5 months ago and was getting pretty large, so a couple months ago I repotted it from its original nursery pot into a larger ceramic pot. Ever since then, it hasn’t fully bounced back.

The weird part is it’s not exactly declining — it’s still growing, putting out new leaves, and even has a flower coming in right now — but it stays kind of droopy/floppy no matter what I do.

What I’ve tried so far:
\- suspected the new soil was too compact/moisture-retentive
\- loosened the root ball a bit and added some perlite to improve aeration
\- moved it to a brighter, humid bathroom with good indirect afternoon light
\- adjusted watering so I wait until the top couple inches dry out before watering thoroughly

Current situation:
\- leaves are mostly dark green
\- no major yellowing
\- some crispy brown tips/old blooms
\- one pale/light green newer leaf
\- definitely looks a little better/upright lately, but still not perky like before the repot

I’m wondering if its still recovering from repot stress,
the ceramic pot + soil mix still drains too slowly, or if I should try watering with distilled water (our tap water isn’t super hard but it’s not soft either).

Has anyone had a peace lily continue growing/flowering while also staying chronically droopy after a repot???

When I got this peace lily, I thought she was dead. Fully weak and shriveled, but after 1 month of thorough watering (I water it once a week, when the soil feels dry to the touch), she's 50% perked up. Then my progress hit a wall. It doesn't matter what I do. Her bottom leaves never get up.

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Possible sources:

24-hour light - she stays near an overhead light that stays on during the night. It only gives her a bit of light, but maybe I'll need to put her in another area where she'll get pitch darkness.

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Cold - I know that peace lilies are chilean, and I live in the south of Brazil, where it's currently winter. The temperature is commonly between 60 and 45 Fahrenheit in June, so maybe she'll get better in the summer.

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Chlorine - I use the water from a trichology sink, so it's way less chlorine than the kitchen sink, but maybe it still has traces. I have seen dry dead brown spots on the tips of leaves.

My peace lily started browning since the beginning of summer March onwards... First it was tiny brown tips on some leaves then on all leaves... Gradually it became the same situation for all the old leaves. No flowering since 3 months now....

Now however the new leaves are growing, but are starting with brown patches as well ❤️‍🩹...

I reported the plant into a new soil mix consisting of 50%Cocopeat + 25% Vermicompost + 25% perlite

It stays in from of a closed south facing window getting cozy indirect sunlight day long...

Watering: doing when top 1-1.5 inch gets dry (finger dip check) also waiting till the leaves droop slightly.

The leaves on this peace lily have started to speckle and discolour, my other lily is fine and is in a similar environment but seems to be okay. So not sure why this one is suffering. Any theories or help?