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Read MorePlants can run short of water, of course, so checking the root zone is sensible before doing anything else. Shrunken compost is a sure sign of underwatering. Brown areas within leaves, as opposed to leaf edges, are also associated with underwatering.
Consider why the plant dried – heat sources (typically radiators) and draughts can dry out plants and a better spot will help.
Feeding is seldom useful, as plants need little nutrition in low wintery light. By April, feeding and repotting where necessary will be effective.
A Bromeliad at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park in 2019 (Photo: Mark Waugh/RHS)If possible, tip the plant gently from its pot and check the roots – dark, rotted ones are usually dead and removing these, then repotting in fresh potting media, can save plants.
There is, unfortunately, no firm rule on when to water houseplants – it all depends on site, plant and room conditions. Allow compost to dry down, but water before it becomes bone-dry – this is why frequent inspection is valuable, to catch plants at the right stage. Wet fully and, when the compost is wet through, leave to drain until no more water seeps out.
Yellowing and droopy leaves indicate lack of light. Either move these plants closer to a brighter window or beneath an LED grow light. Our eyes are very good at using limited light, so often a place that looks quite bright is not bright enough for some plants.
Houseplants can brighten up a home (Photo: Jason Ingram/RHS)Hot rooms mean dry air. Plants can fail to extract water fast enough from the potting compost to meet demand from the leaves, which will at first stop photosynthesising, starving the plant, and then “scorch” along leaf edges as they become desiccated.
Where it turns chilly by night, consider pothos (Epipremnum aureum) and ivy-leaved philodendron (Philodendron hederaceum var. hederaceum).
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