Why do your indoor plants keep dying?
If you're new to keeping indoor plants, or if you're struggling to keep your new shrub healthy, read through our handy tips below to help improve your plants health and wellbeing.
We've put together a list of the most common reasons why your house plants are dying below:
- Overwatering or underwatering them
- Incorrect light levels not allowing your plant to thrive
- Neglecting them
With the correct environment and care, a healthy indoor house plant can live for up to 205 years. After this, we find that plant's stop thriving and it can be best to invest in another plant.
How much light does my indoor plant need?
It all depends on the type of plant you're growing! A plant with foliage will need around 8 hours of light per day, however the amount of light can vary dramatically.
Succulents and cacti will need continuous, daily sunlight to stay healthy and grow.
How often should you water your indoor house plant?
It's important to research how often you should water your specific type of plant. When you know this information, you can use one of the following ways to check if it's time to water them:
- Soil probe - A soil probe will draw out soil and help you to understand how dry the soil is below the surface.
- Moisture meter - Using a moisture meter tool will accurately tell you how dry the soil is using a scale.
- Lifting the plant up - The heaviness of your plant signifies if the plant has enough water. If it's feeling lighter than usual it's most likely thirsty!
- Wilting - If your plant is wilting it typically means your plant is not getting sufficient water. You can use another method to indicate if it requires watering.
- Tipping - If the edges of the leaves being to brown or are crispy to touch it's likely that the plant needs to be watered. If the leave edges are brown but feel mushy it's likely had too much water.
- Yellow leaves - Yellow leaves can signify that your plant has had too much water. However, this can depend on the type of plant so we suggest using another method to work out if your plant needs watering.
