Peace Lilly

I have peace lily from my uncle's funeral that was a year ago. It is still alive and doing well... but it hasn't given off any white blooms since I have had it.

Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

[Momo]

I fed one of my house plants some Miracle Grow and now it is always blossoming!

I fed one of my house plants some Miracle Grow and now it is always blossoming!

I did that last week. Here is hoping it works. I even re-potted the darn thing, hoping some fresh soil would help.

[spotty_dog]

Typical potting soil can be expected to last about a year at most before it is growing compacted and lessening the oxygen at the plant's roots. Plan to repot, or pot up if a plant is getting super rootbound (some like to have their roots constricted though) about annually unless you know you have a more long-loved (less organic) soil. Also, unlike in the garden, where you feed the soil which feeds the plants, in a container you need to feed a plant directly or it doesn't get much if any food at all. Blooming plants in particular need phosphorus, but also nitrogen for strong leafy growth that gives the plant the energy to bloom. So regular feeding is probably quite important.

I say this as the proud owner of a single Pothos ivy that hasn't been repotted or fertilized in probably 3-4 years. Some houseplants will take what they can get and go wild with it! I want to get into houseplants a lot more though, to the extent that my cats will A) not kill the plant and B) not die from eating it, so I've been researching.

Here's one site I found recently: http://houseplants-care.blogspot.com/

And of course the Houseplants and Container Growing forums on Gardenweb.com are fabulous.