Your peace lilies can continuously produce elegant blooms and foliage if you avoid these mistakes and don’t keep them at the Worst Spots listed below.
Is your peace lily barely surviving despite intense care and attention? This stunning houseplant loves humidity, moderate hydration, and ample dappled sunshine.
Here are the worst spots to place your peace lily—avoid these mistakes to help them flourish!
Worst Spots To Place Your Peace Lily
1. Heating Vents or Radiators
Peace lilies thrive in consistent humidity, but hot and dry air emitted by heating systems quickly depletes their leaf and soil moisture.
If you’ve kept your plant near a radiator, you’ll notice that the leaves have brown tips due to dehydration.
Heating systems can cause temperature fluctuations that can shock your plant, stunt its growth, shock the roots, and disrupt water and nutrient uptake.
2. Windowsills with Direct Sunlight
Peace lilies enjoy bright, indirect light, so you should avoid placing them in a spot with direct light. A windowsill with harsh, direct sun exposure that can scorch its delicate glossy foliage!
The intense heat from the sun, combined with the amplifying effect of glass windows, will dehydrate and permanently damage the foliage.
Your peace lily may also develop uneven growth patterns and lean toward the light source. We don’t want that, do we?
3. Too Close to Electronics
Studies suggest prolonged exposure to electromagnetic fields can interfere with plant growth and development. The continuous warmth from electronics dries out the plant’s surrounding air, especially if you have a small or poorly ventilated room.
This constant heat can lead to plant stress. Dust buildup near electronics can also settle on the plant’s leaves and clog its pores, hindering its ability to absorb light and process oxygen. Always keep your houseplants a few feet away from electronic devices!
4. In Bathrooms with No Natural Light
A bathroom with no light is another terrible spot to keep your tropical houseplant! This may come as a surprise, as most humidity-loving plants love a cozy bathroom; however, your peace lily can’t photosynthesize sufficiently without diffused sunshine.
Slow growth, pale leaves, elongated stems (etiolation), and a lack of flowering are all signs that your plant isn’t getting proper light.
Tip: To prevent stagnant air and reduce the risk of fungal growth, make sure there is adequate ventilation in the bathroom. Use grow lights if you can’t find a spot with indirect sunshine.
5. On Carpeted Floors
Avoid placing your peace lily on carpeted floors. Doing so can lead to issues like water spills that will leave the floor damp and create a breeding ground for mold, mildew, and even pests like fungus gnats, harming the plant and posing health risks to humans.
An overly damp environment also increases the likelihood of root rot due to moist bottom.
6. In a Cold, Drafty Spot
Drafts from windows or exterior doors expose your peace lily to cold or hot air, causing temperature fluctuations and dryness. This can lead to leaf curling and discoloration, particularly during winter, causing chilling injury, which damages plant cells.
Over time, the stress from cold drafts can weaken your plant’s structure. Similarly, placing a peace lily near an air conditioner or cooling unit will expose it to cold drafts, which are just as harmful as hot air.
The fix is easy: move the plant away from drafty areas like windows, doors, and air conditioning vents. You can also use curtains or blinds to minimize extremities during winter.
Have you been noticing these signs affecting your peace lily, too? Well, it’s time to remove your plant from these inhospitable conditions and place it in a comfortable, safe home! Here are the best ones.
