Maranta Care Guide

Maranta plants, also known as Prayer Plants, have some of the most STUNNING leaves i have ever seen! They close their leaves at night which makes it look like the plant is praying, hence the nickname Prayer Plant.

They get these very tiny and cute purple flowers on a thin stalk, truly a gem!

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WATERING:

Mine likes to be moist, so i have it growing in leca and have water in it so it always has water and doesn't rot, but i recommend putting a little bit of hyrdogen peroxcide in the water to prevent it from smelling bad.

When it was still in soil, i watered it once a week and my Maranta loved it.

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LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:

Try to keep it out of direct light, but give it a lot of light, like on a windowsill where no direct light is coming from or under a special UV grow light. Don't forget to clean the leaves of your plant since they can get quite dusty!

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PROPAGATION:

This shocked me how easy and fast it was, when i took a stem cutting, removed the lower leaves and put it in water, a tiny root was emerging within the second week! I suggest you do the same, and pot it up once it has a nice amount of long & lush roots.

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MEDIUMS:

Like most plants, you can grow it in water like i do, but they do just as amazing in soil too. Make a mix with soil, perlite, leca, coco peat and coco chips. That's a nice chunky mix that holds some moisture.