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Where should I put my prayer plant?
The Red Prayer Plant is an easy plant—place it in a sunny spot, keep it’s soil damp, and mist it’s leaves once a week and it will flourish. The Red Prayer plant gets its name from the way the leaves fold in the evening because they resemble hands folded in prayer.
How often should you water a prayer plant?
Water every 1–2 weeks, allowing soil to dry out half way down between waterings. Expect to water more often in brighter light and less often in lower light. Marantas can be sensitive to hard tap water.
Should I cut off dead prayer plant leaves?
Pruning a Prayer Plant Prune your prayer plant by cutting just above leaf nodes using a pair of sterilized garden scissors. Pruning two or three times a year (best times are in fall and spring) helps to encourage bushy growth. Pruning a prayer plant also helps to remove any leggy stems or dead leaves.
What do brown tips on a prayer plant mean?
Brown Leaves On Prayer Plants: Why Do Prayer Plant Leaves Turn Brown. Prayer plants with brown tips can be caused by low humidity, improper watering, excess fertilizer, or even too much sun. Cultural conditions are easy to change and soon your beautiful houseplant will be back to its glossy glory.
Should I shower my prayer plant?
Prayer Plants can be a bit tricky to keep happy. They do best with some humidity, so keep this in mind as you choose a spot for yours. A bathroom with fairly bright indirect light can be a perfect fit as the steam from the shower or bath will add humidity to the air.
Does a prayer plant flower?
The maranta leuconeura is also known as the prayer plant. In the rainforests where it originates, the maranta plant blooms in the spring with small, white flowers. While this rarely occurs indoors, the plant’s stunning leaves more than make up for the lack of flowers.
Do prayer plants like small pots?
Plants become pot bound when their root balls are so dense that there’s little room in the soil for more growth. Because prayer plants have shallow root systems, they do well in flat pots or half pots. Choose a pot that’s only slightly larger than the pot it was in when you brought it home from the greenhouse.
Should I prop up my Prayer Plant?
If your Prayer Plant is healthy but starting to grow sideways, you might be wondering if this plant likes to grow on a trellis or moss pole. A look at their natural habitat gives us a clue – they grow in clumps on the forest floor. Staking a Maranta Leuconeura won’t damage it, but it won’t help it either.
Can I put my prayer plant outside?
The maranta leuconeura is also known as the prayer plant. It can thrive outdoors only in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 11 and 12, so it’s typically cultivated indoors. Prayer plant care isn’t difficult as long as you address its specific needs.