How To Grow Prayer Plant (Maranta)

The prayer plant prefers well-drained soil and requires high humidity to thrive. Prayer plant houseplants should be kept moist, but not soggy. Use warm water and feed prayer plant houseplants every two weeks, from spring through fall, with an all-purpose fertilizer.

How do you grow a Maranta plant?
How can I encourage my prayer plant to grow?
Can you grow a prayer plant from a cutting?
Why is my prayer plant not praying?
Are prayer plants hard to care for?
When should I repot my prayer plant?
Is coffee grounds good for prayer plants?
How much sun does a prayer plant need?
Can you grow cuttings without rooting hormone?
Can you propagate Maranta in water?

How do you grow a Maranta plant?

Keep the soil consistently moist when your Prayer Plant is actively growing in spring and summer, but reduce water from fall through late winter. Your Prayer Plant does not like its soil to be too wet, nor too dry. When watering, use lukewarm water and make sure to water the soil, not the leaves.

How can I encourage my prayer plant to grow?

Fertilize your prayer plant every two weeks from early spring through fall (reducing to once a month in winter) with a water-soluble houseplant fertilizer diluted to half-strength. If you use too little fertilizer, your plant will grow slowly or hardly at all.

Can you grow a prayer plant from a cutting?

Propagation By Cuttings

By and large, propagating prayer plant from stem cuttings is the most popular. ... Dip about an inch of your cutting into water, then into a powdered rooting hormone. You can then place your cutting into your preferred potting medium. Be sure the potting mix remains moist.

Why is my prayer plant not praying?

Your prayer plant may not prayer if: It's not getting enough light. It's getting too much light. It's too wet.

Are prayer plants hard to care for?

Caring for an indoor prayer plant isn't difficult. ... Prayer plant has fine, shallow roots that are susceptible to root rot. So its planting medium and its container need to drain well. Water should be able to drain freely from the container's base.

When should I repot my prayer plant?

Care of Prayer Plants

Repot the plant if you see roots growing out of the drainage holes, if you need to water more frequently or if the plant stops growing. ... Treat the plant with a 20-20-20 water-soluble fertilizer about every two weeks in the growing season, typically spring and summer.

Is coffee grounds good for prayer plants?

Do prayer plants like coffee grounds? Coffee grounds are commonly used to boost the nitrogen content of potting soil and to add a mulch-like texture. However, adding too much coffee on top of the soil your plants are in can trap moisture inside and invite fungal disease.

How much sun does a prayer plant need?

Although prayer plant houseplant is somewhat tolerant of low light conditions, it does best in bright, indirect sunlight. The prayer plant prefers well-drained soil and requires high humidity to thrive. Prayer plant houseplants should be kept moist, but not soggy.

Can you grow cuttings without rooting hormone?

Some plants will root in water, but cuttings will develop a better root system when rooted in a soil-less potting mix. ... Some plants, such as, citrus, may root very slowly or not at all without the use of a rooting hormone. Take cuttings from the plant. Take cuttings from a plant, such as, a begonia.

Can you propagate Maranta in water?

Step 2: Apply rooting hormone to the cut end of the stem. Step 3: Place the stem into a glass of water or a container of moist, all-purpose potting mix. ... If rooting your maranta in water, look for new roots to form. When they're roughly an inch long, you can replant the cutting in potting soil.