Beginner Gardening: Peace Lily Question, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
I don't think being root bound has anything to do with blooming, although I've heard that when you pot up to a much larger pot, a plant will concentrae on filling the extra space with roots before concentrating on blooms. My thinking is that if any plant has the proper potting medium/soil, moisture, food, and air circulation it will be happy. A lot of plants do not bloom continuously, maybe your plant is just resting right now and storing energy for the next bloom cycle? I have a large Spathiphyllum 'Domino' (the variegated Peace Lily) that blooms sporadically throughout the year, more often if I remember to fertilize it. Sometimes when I feed my orchids I will use the bloom booster fertilizer (11-35-15) on the Peace Lily too, though I'm not the most attentive when it comes to fertilizing my plants.

This poor Peace Lily was crammed into a dark corner of my deck, and it looks a bit puny and droopy because of that. They don't like full, direct sun but it sure will be happier if I give it a little brighter light!