Why Your Houseplants Look Leggy

 Why do your houseplants look like Leggy?

Leggy is a word that is thrown a lot about houseplants because it is one of the most common problems you may encounter in your indoor garden. So what exactly does legit in plants mean? A plant is elongated on all legs (or in contrast to the stem), with spiral growth and sparse leaves. Why is this happening? Because the plant does everything it can to bring its leaves to more light, so it generates enough energy to survive. Reaching the direction of the available rays, the stems grow long and slender and the leaves cannot be supported by their limited food reserves. But the good news is: with these tips you can easily fix a plant that grows on one leg.

How to fix a foot houseplant

Weak, thin, stemmed stems are the way of your plant, you keep it in a place where there is not enough light. Different plants have different light needs, so it is important to determine how much light your particular plant needs for healthy growth. Its location can be matched with the brightness it needs

Knowing the direction a window faces can help determine the amount of light your plants will receive when parked nearby. Potassium, for example, grows well in low light and thrives on a north-facing window. Geranium, on the other hand, demands much brighter light and elongates, becoming thinner in the same north window. The south or southwest window is the best place to plant with more light because it will receive more intense sunlight.

Houseplants are generally classified into three light level groups: low, medium, and high.

Low light: Often described as "bright enough to read a newspaper", low light is usually found on a north window or in a dim corner of a room. Low light plants are grown for their leaves and rarely bloom. Some common low-light plants are arrowhead, dragonfly, English ivy, peace lily, Phellodendron, pothole, snake plant, and ZZ plant.

Medium-light: East-facing windows provide medium light. The west-facing window, but away from direct sunlight, is another great place for a medium light-loving plant. Medium-light plants include begonia, croton, fiddle-leaf fig, peppermint, rubber plant, sclera, and spider plant.

Hyde Light: Generally, bright glowing areas such as a south or southwest-facing window provide more light. But be careful: Plants can get sunlight if they are exposed to too much light all of a sudden. Charred leaves indicate high sun exposure to the plant. High-light houseplants include cactus and succulents, citrus, gardenia, jasmine, and calendula.

If your home does not have enough natural light for your houseplants, you can add artificial lighting. In winter it is very helpful, the sun’s rays are not so intense and the day length is less. Whether you use a home lamp or a special growing lamp, choose LED or fluorescent bulbs for best results. Incandescent bulbs do not provide all the wavelength light needed by plants, so they are constantly stretched to detect light.

Prune your foot houseplant again

Not only can you move an animal plant to more light, but you can also prune it to encourage new stems to sprout and grow in order to restore your plant to its old prosperity. Cut exceptionally long, slender stalks about a third of their length, just above one end (the point where the leaves grow from the stems). If your plant is already getting new shoots from the base of the plant, removing the stems around it will give new growth room to absorb the sun and grow.

After the hair is cut, water your plants well. The soil around plants that grow in high light areas dries faster than plants in low light, so adjust how often you water accordingly. After three or four weeks in a new light place, your plant should start to be full and healthy. At this point, you can follow the package instructions and add a little home plant fertilizer.