How to Prevent and Treat Houseplant Shock

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Today I’m going to be talking about how to prevent shock in house plants. Plants can get stressed just like us. That stress will show up in the form of shock. This is a peace lily here I’m going to soon be transplanting, so I will be looking for signs of shock when I do that or after I get it transplanted, after I get it repotted.

Houseplants with shock in general will experience yellowing and wilting leaves and leaf loss. There are two types of shock in house plants, but both are caused by a disturbance to the roots and disturbance to the plant overall. These are transplant shock, which I mentioned when you repot and that it generally occurs when the roots are disturbed, and then the other type of shock comes from an abrupt change in environment such as moving the plant or to another part of your house or to another home location, or the plant suddenly is exposed to an abrupt changing environment such as all of a sudden forced air from heating or air conditioning is blowing on it, or it all of a sudden is getting some excessive light. Maybe that happens because of change in season and you don’t notice it, and then all of a sudden you notice wow, the plant doesn’t look too good, it could be in shock. Droughting your plant can also cause it to go into shock.

So how to prevent plants from going into shock, because shock can kill plants or it’ll take a while for the plant to come out of it and look good again. It will slow down growth, etc. To help prevent transplant shock, ensure that you are careful when repotting a houseplant with the plant. When you’re and even with the plant overall, but especially with the roots because the roots are very delicate on most house plants. So be very delicate with the roots, don’t be pulling on it trying to get out of a pot. I do have a video on how to get plants that have been that are stuck in plant pots out because that is a lot of times how plants get the shock when there’s just too much commotion, too much forcing going on when the person transplants, when the person gets the plant out of the pot. So I have a video as mentioned on how to get it out safely. I will link that below as well as any other videos that are applicable to this video.

Okay, so being very careful with the roots, really really careful. That’s really really important. Then after repotting, putting the plant in the same location as it was prior will also help avoid transplant shock. If you can’t put it in the same location, put it in a similar location. Also water well after repotting. Yes, you do want to water well after repotting and to further ensure that the plant doesn’t get shock, add a starter nutrient solution such as something I forgot. I’ll be right back.

Okay, I’m back. These a good starter solution. This is called jump start. It’s a really good starter solution that will help avoid that transplant shock when you do repot. This is comprised of organic substances containing natural growth hormones such as sea cow. It has sea kelp, it has alfalfa meal, and I do have videos on organic organic growth hormones especially alfalfa meal which I will link as well. So and it also has vitamin B1 and C, so those will help the plant avoid transplant shock. Additionally, you can also use super thrust. That’s another one that I will also use and I will link that below as well as this one below as well so you can take a look.

So those are those will help. You want to use that in the solution when you first water after repotting and in the second watering as well once the plant starts to the soil starts to dry out and the plant is drinking. You’re sure that the plant is drinking again. You can also use the solution on a plant that maybe you haven’t transplanted but it got shock from the move, move as mentioned earlier, or change in its climate.

Oh, and another biggie that causes house plant shock is a fall. So if your plant falls, if you drop your plant or if it falls from a high location or even a low location, it just depends on how it falls, that can also cause shock in your house plants. So I do have a video on what to do if you’ve shy if you if you’ve had a fall if your plant has had a fall as well. And so any of the anything any disturbance like that, go ahead and use this solution because it doesn’t have to just be used when you’re starting a plan when you’re transplanting. It can be used at any time that you’re concerned about about shock and you see it looks like your plant is in shock. Now, don’t over water with it obviously. You know, use it judiciously, but but it is a good thing to to add to the mix as well.

You also want to avoid putting the plants in the path pants in the path of forced heating or air conditioning, especially if they’re in shock. So don’t have don’t be having things blowing all over them during their when they’re trying to recover from shock. Now to prevent general shock if you’re going to change the location of a plant and the conditions are much different, do so gradually. So say you think I want to move this this plant out to my sun room or into my sunny area or in a different area. Well, do it gradually. Maybe put it there for a couple hours in the day and then bring it back and where it was and and until you’ve acclimated it to that to that location. This also goes for if you’re going to be putting plants out for the summer. And when you do put plants out for the summer, please don’t put them in bright direct sunlight. Most house plants are not meant for bright direct sunlight and that will really put them into shock really really quick and can very well kill and kill them. So another thing to keep in mind.

Okay, also keep an eye out for over fertilizing. Use organic fertilizers which I talk about a lot and also even have strength if you’re if you’re not sure, because over fertilizing will also cause shock. A telltale sign is brown crispy leaf at tips and edges and the plant will also drop leaves. So those are signs of over fertilized and over fertilized house plant. Also ensure that you don’t forget to water the plant because as mentioned, drought will also cause shock.

So the good news is most plants will come out of shock with a little time and patience and good care, and they also like it if you encourage them with a little pep talk and promise them that you’re not going to do whatever it was that you did that cause shock in the first place.

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