Peace lily

[scrumpy78]

HI

I have a beautiful peace lily plant that was bought as a housewarming. i want to keep it but is just keeps growing and growing and is now to big for me to put anywhere! Can i "trim" it down or split it into two plants? Can i just cut the excess leaves off? I know this is cruel but i have no where to put it int he house at the size it is? incidentally, how to do get it to flower and not just grow new leaves?

[hammerman]

You can split the peace lilly into two or more plants by gently teasing the soil from the roots and then gently breaking the clump of plants up into small clumps. Pot into new compost.

Removing leaves is also an idea but they will obviously grow new ones.

A brighter place but not in direct sun (north facing window sil) and a weekly feed with tomerite should see some flowers

[Thunderbird+]

The good news is, you can devide your plant into smaller clumps to produce several smaller plants, as long as you make sure all have roots on them. just pull the clumps apart and cut if necessary, pot up but go easy on the watering at first until the roots have started to grow, this is best done in the spring (well worth waiting!)

They grow best in semi-shade and do well on houseplant food. they are not keen on chlorinated water, so either give rain water or let tap water stand to allow the chlorene to disipate and let it reach room tempreture. An occaisional tablespoon of bonemeal mixed in with the water will keep it looking healthy. Good Luck Tbird+