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title: "HELP my peace lily 😭 I’ve had this peace lily for a couple months…"
description: "HELP my peace lily 😭 I’ve had this peace lily for a couple months now. When I first got it, it was in great shape but slowly the leaves started browning and…"
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author: "earthangel"
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# HELP my peace lily 😭 I’ve had this peace lily for a couple months…

_Gepostet von earthangel am 2024-10-28_

HELP my peace lily 😭

I’ve had this peace lily for a couple months now. When I first got it, it was in great shape but slowly the leaves started browning and the blooms were dying very quickly. I repotted it with fresh soil and nothing changed. I tried using filtered water, I read that peace lilies are sensitive to chemicals in the tap water, after that not making any difference I repotted again but this time cleaned and trimmed some of the roots that might have had root rot. It lost a lot of foliage, but it’s still growing new leaves. The little leaves that are coming in have brown tips already. I’ve also noticed it takes a long time for the soil to dry up. Any ideas??

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## 9 Kommentare

### Kades kommentierte am 2024-10-28

I think you should go down in pot size. Since you’re struggling with the soil staying wet too long and root rot. The brown tips are likely an indicator of poor root health

#### Kades antwortete am 2024-10-28

About this size, make sure it’s not too deep. I prefer nursery pots because of the drainage holes

![Anhang 1 von 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dvZ_5A_7vsoNrC5ussMCoDg3zG2-CETUIZaHjm2mMY/mzu18_kTQ52PtHSXd_vYHw.webp?size=large)

#### earthangel antwortete am 2024-10-28

okay I’ll try that!! thank you so much!! 💚🪴

### Amira kommentierte am 2024-10-28

Pot is wayyyyyy too big

### Amira kommentierte am 2024-10-28

You always want your roots to be 1-2 inches smaller than the pot. So you want to leave about a inch or two of space around the pot to allow the roots to breathe.

#### earthangel antwortete am 2024-10-30

thank you 💖

### Phil kommentierte am 2024-10-30

They like moist soil but that looks almost totally organic. Perhaps adding some perlite would help aerate it a bit.

#### earthangel antwortete am 2024-10-30

Thank you! I’ll add perlite when I repot to a smaller pot

### The threeplantiers kommentierte am 2025-07-01

How’s it doing now

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