Beginner Gardening: Peace Lily Needs Urgent Care, 1 by KMiragliotta

KMiragliotta wrote:
If the roots are rotting you will sometimes find they smell. So, if you do take it out of the pot I would cut off the roots that are rotting and plant it in some fresh soil. My husband and I without knowing were watering our corn plant back to back. I didnt know he was watering it and he didnt know I was. So, one day when I was passing by I smelt this nasty odor and I smelt the plant and sure enough it was it. The leaves started to turn yellow then to brown and I knew somehing wasnt right. I googled the symptoms and sure enough root rot came up. We washed all the soil off and replanted it in a bigger pot because the roots were massive with fresh soil. It is doing great now. I now only water my plants on Sundays except for my peace lilly. I water that twice a week once on Sunday and once on Thurs. If your kids want to help out with the plant I would suggest picking a day for you all to water it together. My daughter is 5 and I have a calender for her marked witht he days we water and she has her own little water to water her plants. There are also these terracota worms you can get from Home Depot I think they are called "Wormie" and I put those in her pots and it shows her if her plants need watered. Here is one of them. But, there is hope for your plant. They are some tough plants as my cats have tortured mine many times.