If your plant is deteriorating or appears in bad shape, you may be surprised if it is dead or passive. Inactive plants are still alive and should be left in place – they are just conserving energy in their closed weather. Dead plants, of course, will not be cured and it should be removed.
Learn how to tell that your plant is dead or just passive with simple tests and differences between dead and dormant plants.
Passive plant vs dead plant
Inactive and dead plants share certain characteristics like Leaf loss And has increased, but they are completely different states:
- Inactive plants: During domity, plant cells are alive and the plant enters a type of hibernation. It gives time to general, cyclic state plants to overcome a heavy period of growth and gain strength for the duration of future development.
- Dead Plant: When a plant dies, its cells die. The plant lives outside its full lifetime, programmed cell death, or with apoptosis. Or, a plant cells can die due to illness or injury. Unlike Daom being, this state is not cyclical; It is irreversible.
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Signs of dormity vs dying of plant
The first pair to consider is the season and whether the plant is an evergreen or deciduous species.
“All plants become inactive,” called Master Mali Eric Preston Stout. ,Scatter It is more clear in appearance. The leaves change the color, drop, and stop growing, while an evergreen will remain in green and will continue normal appearances. ,
If the plant is deciduous and the leaves are closing or the color is changing, then it is most likely that it is normal and the plant is fine. But if a plant displays the same position and it is one Evergreen plantthis is not normal. You can claim that the plant is probably sick, dying, or dead.
“Inactive plants may look dead, so it is good to double-check before removing the plant,” says TN Nursery CEO and founder Tami Sons and founder Tami Sons. “Most plants require a passive comfort period.”
| plant | Scared plant |
| Falling, leaves | Falling, turban leaves |
| Scattered growth | Scattered growth |
| Stem bends but does not break | Stem Snaps and Breaks |
| Scratch is green | Scratch shows brown |
| Light, soft roots | Smelly |
| Increase in next growing season | Any growing next growing season |
How to test if a plant is inactive or dead
To know if your plant is dead or dying, stout says, a wood section, like a trunk or branch, with a nail or sharp object.
“If the internal area is green, the plant is alive and most likely is inactive. If the inner color is brown, dry, and like a firewood, it is dead,” Stout says.
If the color of the inner bark is yellow or light green, the plant may still be helped. There may be a problem Overgrowth Or underwatering.
With scratch tests, a dead or dying plant can also show black or dark brown twigs or secondary branches, black leaves or flowers, and heavy spider webs. Another indication is that the plant is dead, there is a white trunk with a brown ring around it.
Inactive plants care
It is important to prevent its passive plants from reducing rejection in death. A good rule of thumb is that the plant is mainly kept undivided. “(Plant) is sleeping and maintains all its resources, nutrients and energy for the next spring,” Stout.
- Water: Water indoor plants with one watering canBut finely make sure for water.
- Check the soil: Check the soil moisture with your finger. For better accuracy, Test soil moisture With an electronic Soil moisture meter,
- Avoid fertilization: Do not fertilize as the plant is actively growing and additional nutrients will not be required. Fertilizer can trigger development, also a premature development.
- Keep peace: Keep the plant in a cool place with a consistent temperature. The plant should be kept in dark conditions but not completely dark. Add Plant light increases If it is very dark.
- Remove dead leaves: Remove dead or fallen leaves or twigs but dissolved leaves can live in place.
