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Reviving Your Houseplants Tutorial

By stacy ling

Gardening tips & Tricks

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Don't toss that houseplant! Try saving it using these supplies:  – Sharp Pruners or Garden Snips – Potting Soil with Perlite – Compost – Larger Container – Fish Emulsion

Assess the Plant Is the soil saturated or dry as a bone? Is any of the foliage green and healthy? If only stems are present, scratch the stem to see if it’s green underneath.Is there any new growth that is visible? Do you see any bugs or signs of disease?

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Cut Off the Dead Foliage Take a sharp set of pruners or garden snips and cut off all of the foliage that is dry, then discard.

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Remove the Plant From the Container Remove the plant from it’s container. Then check the root system and soil. If roots all bound up and wrapped around each other, the plant is pot bound, which means, it needs to be replanted in a larger container so the roots have room to grow.

Tease the Roots After removing the plant from it’s container, tease the roots to encourage them to grow outward into the soil.

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Choose a Larger Container Before repotting the plant, select a container that is slightly larger than the one you just removed it from.

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Repot the Plant To repot the plant and give it a fresh start, grab some new potting soil

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Water If the plant you are reviving was  waterlogged, I would give it a few days before watering it in it’s new  home to allow the roots to dry out a little bit.

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Place in an Area that Receives Light, But Not Direct Sunlight Even if your plants love bright  sunlight, they are rehabbing, so keep them under an awning or on a porch  in the shade, or near a bright window without receiving direct light while they recover.

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Follow along to learn more about reviving houseplants.

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