How to grow a healthy mother in law tongue plant?

Kathy
by Kathy

I purchased two last spring and new growth start out but don’t grow much. Exiting long leave are so thin and with n days they are folding over soon to turn yellow! I kept them n a very large a lot of light bathroom. Help!

  7 answers
  • Dfm Dfm on Jul 08, 2018

    you may be over watering it. do you know how the plant got that name? if you try to eat it it will paralysis your toung. keeps the mom in law quiet. a friend went oh no way...he could't talk for the next half hour. keep this plant out of the reach of children.

  • Liz33755665 Liz33755665 on Jul 08, 2018

    Mother-in-law are very low maintenance and scarcely like water they also prefers cool places which make them grow longer leaves

  • Oliva Oliva on Jul 08, 2018

    Too much water turns them yellow. Feed with an indoor plant food, 1x/month. They only require filtered light. No direct sun.

  • Doreen Kennedy Doreen Kennedy on Jul 08, 2018

    I can’t seem to keep them alive either.

  • 2dogal 2dogal on Jul 09, 2018

    I keep mine in a low light area and seldom water it. It's too big to move now.

  • Barbara Baldwin Barbara Baldwin on Jul 09, 2018

    And they do better (best!) If pot bound. They thrive in dark corners. Don't break their little tippy tops off. Lorda mercy, I miss mine.😢

  • Lisa S. Lisa S. on Jul 09, 2018

    I water mine once a month. I have it in a low light area. It grows slowly - but has grown.