Plant Resurrection Advice
While I was on a week and a half vacation, the person who came to check on the cats a few times neglected to water my peace lily. 😭
When we returned, it had already dried up and looks like 97% dead. Normally I'd just toss it and mentally note that I had yet another plant casualty at my hands but I got the plant from my dad's funeral and if there's even the tiniest bit of hope the roots are still alive and I can bring it back, I am going to try.
I've been watering it since Saturday when we got home and a couple of the bottom inch of like 2 or 3 of the stocks do seem like they're taking up water [the top of those stocks/leaves are definitely dead/crumbly].
My question is, should I keep the dead/dry stems/leaves in place [except the ones that break off on their own] or would it be better for the survival of the plant and possible new growth to trim off every stem down to about 2-3" from the soil... or even closer?
Google ai says I can trim it all the way back to the rhizomes but I don't trust AI.
When we returned, it had already dried up and looks like 97% dead. Normally I'd just toss it and mentally note that I had yet another plant casualty at my hands but I got the plant from my dad's funeral and if there's even the tiniest bit of hope the roots are still alive and I can bring it back, I am going to try.
I've been watering it since Saturday when we got home and a couple of the bottom inch of like 2 or 3 of the stocks do seem like they're taking up water [the top of those stocks/leaves are definitely dead/crumbly].
My question is, should I keep the dead/dry stems/leaves in place [except the ones that break off on their own] or would it be better for the survival of the plant and possible new growth to trim off every stem down to about 2-3" from the soil... or even closer?
Google ai says I can trim it all the way back to the rhizomes but I don't trust AI.
41-45, F
