7 Rules For Caring For Indoor Plants In Winter

Bear in mind: foliage that turns yellow indoors is usually not due to a lack of watering, but rather a lack of light!

2 Give them an optimal temperature

The ideal temperature for a houseplant is between 15 and 19 ° C. The important thing is to maintain an environment constant throughout the day.

• So avoid overheating your house at night and turning off the radiator during the day (even if it eases the bill! Savings or garden, in winter, you have to decide.)
• Drafts should also be avoided at all costs.

Be careful because, when caring for indoor plants in winter, the radiator is still the enemy absolute of the plant: its heat dries the ambient air, near the appliance, but also throughout your house.

• Dehydrates plants by depriving them of much-needed moisture.
• Therefore, choose a temperate place, without a radiator, knowing that most indoor plants tolerate a temperature around 18 ° C quite well.

3 Cover the most fragile

Both indoors and outdoors, some plants suffer from the cold. To improve its environment, you can compose a mulch yourself:

• Both economical and ecological: based on grass, ferns, premature compost, etc.
• Decorative with wood shavings or fruit peels.

This will protect the roots of the plants and it will limit the evaporation of water.

Mulch

4 Water well

Watering is essential when it comes to caring for indoor plants in winter: heating actually dries the air in your home and the minimum humidity level (between 40 and 60% for your plants) is rarely reached. So don't neglect watering and be meticulous:

• Pay attention to the water quality, favors warm water without chlorine. You can find demineralized water in stores.
• On a daily basis, use a fogging on foliage of your plants.
• It is advisable to place the pots in a shallow container on clay balls. These allow the water to evaporate little by little after irrigation.

5 Prune those that need it

Does it break your heart to cut the branches of your little ficus? Doing so will invigorate the foliage and intensify the color. It is a necessary operation to promote their development.

For some plants, pruning is essential, but for others it can be fatal.

For example, we would make a mess if we could get the tip of the palm tree, which would undoubtedly end up dying.

6 Place the pots against the wall

The choice of the location of a plant is crucial for its growth. To care for indoor plants in winter, it is important avoid excessive temperature variations and play with the available space:

• If you place your pots near a partition, the plants will benefit from its heat and will be protected from drafts.
• Also, if you place them a little high, you will protect them from the coolness of the ground.

Between hot and cold, the pots can benefit from an ideal location with stable conditions for a peaceful winter!

7 Caring for indoor plants in winter in a personalized way

This may seem like an easy answer, but maintenance depends on the plant.

While some plants can handle cold, dry air without problems, others cannot:

• The calathea (tropical plant), for example, must have a permanently moist pot, unlike most indoor varieties.
• As for fragile specimens, such as impatiens (tropical variety), they fear direct exposure to the sun.

If you intend to follow these 7 basic rules as well as possible to take care of indoor plants in winter, without a doubt that your plants will arrive in perfect condition in spring.