Unlike widespread beliefs, not all vegetation can live or flourish under indoor conditions, particularly if the space has insufficient sunlight, temperature, or humidity.
Many indoor plants find winters to be a challenging period. It would help to know the signs to look for and some potential treatments. Before purchasing indoor plants, it is essential to consider their optimal conditions for growth and whether you can provide the care they require.
Access to Light
Sunlight is essential for growing plants. It offers energy to produce healthy flowers and thick greenery. Typically, plants with leaves thrive in environments experiencing more than 10 hours of light daily, but most flowers require extended periods for blooming. However, you can find species for your plant décor that take shorter durations to flower.
In wintertime, your plants may exhibit symptoms of inadequate sunshine as daylight hours, and the amount of natural light decreases. They progressively lose color, leaves may be more spaced out and fading, and fresh foliage may be tiny and pale; whenever indoor plants begin to exhibit one or more of these symptoms, make an effort to provide your plants more sunshine by opening the window coverings or moving them to another location.
To compensate for the lack of sunlight, you can use artificial light to keep your plants in good condition. Positioning the lighting fixture too close to the leaves can damage their surfaces and dry out the soil, especially when using heat-emitting fixtures.
Monitor the Conditions
The prevailing air quality impacts plant growth. In the colder months, indoor heating makes the atmosphere warm and dry. It presents a greater chance of the plant’s components drying up. Maintain temperatures moderate while avoiding positioning the plants near to heater.
For the moisture levels, you may use a humidifier to increase the humidity levels, arrange the vegetation close but keep them from touching, or put the container on a big platter stuffed with stones and water.
Proper watering
Providing water to plants must be done with great care during the cold season. Water thoroughly, covering the whole soil until the channels overflow. Remove the water that may be in the outer platter. Overwatering will cause the soil to lose vitamins and minerals, compress, and restrict spaces for air, which can suffocate the plants.
There is a definite schedule for watering a plant since the requirements differ according to the species, plant development, size of holding container, and existing environmental conditions.
Less watering is required for houseplants in polyethylene pots than those in clay containers. Additionally, your irrigation plan should factor in the air quality in your house. Vegetation in hot and dry environments requires more regular watering. Also, plants require fertilizers during their developmental stage, and the requirements progressively decrease as the vegetation matures.
Foliage may wilt, and indoor plants may develop pale leaves if they aren’t getting enough water. It would help to choose greenery that requires minimal care to maintain its appeal. You can find species you need to water once or twice weekly rather than risk your plant’s death due to its maintenance demands.