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jlisiewski Seattle, WA Sep 24, 2009

I got a peace lily secondhand a little over a year ago. It had big beautiful leaves. It was originally in bright mostly indirect light (in an office set about 7-8 ft away from an east facing glass wall). When I took it home, it seemed to be doing fine in a north facing window. But then when we did a big move (across a couple of states), it went through some stress. Not to mention that my husband put it out in the yard for a few days in direct sunlight. It lost a few of its biggest leaves. Then I put it in a shady spot next to a an east-facing window. It wasn't getting a lot of light, direct or indirect. All the leaves it grew after that were small.

I thought it was the shade, so I moved it about 5 months ago to a bright south facing window. I watched it for about 2 months. The leaves continued to grow in small, and it was browning from the sun in a few spots.

Then I thought it might be root-bound (which it was). I repotted it in a larger pot with some new soil (and left some of the old soil in as well). I kept it in the south facing window, because I don't have a lot of other places to put it at the moment. The leaves have continued to grow small.

Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!

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duckmother North Little Rock, AR(Zone 7b) Sep 26, 2009

Do you know how old the plant is?

When you repotted the plant, did you inspect the roots? What did they look like?

The plant does sound unhappy...

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Machikoneko Hometown, IL(Zone 5a) Sep 27, 2009

Could you possibly post a photo? It's a lot easier to tell what may be happening when you can see the plant.

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jlisiewski Seattle, WA Sep 28, 2009

I don't know how old the plant is, as I got it secondhand from my husband's old office.

I don't remember what the roots looked like, since it's been awhile since I repotted it. I think I would have noticed if there was any serious root rot, and I don't remember seeing anything like that. I just remember that the plant was pretty seriously root bound, and I untangled some of the roots before potting it into a bigger pot.

I may be able to post a picture in a little while, but I would need to use a different computer to do so. Stay tuned.

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