Plant Care for Chinese Evergreen

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How to care for Chinese Evergreen indoor plants. A favorite interior design plant, the Chinese Evergreen is one of the most used indoor plants. Also known as Aglaonema, the Chinese Evergreen is an easy to care for house plant. We use Chinese Evergreen plant often in our interior landscape accounts because the Chinese Evergreen can be maintained for extended periods of time at the lower light levels often found in the office environment. This makes the Chinese Evergreen plant ideal for use in the home, too.

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Plant Care Chinese Evergreen

New varieties of Chinese Evergreen plants are introduced quite often. Sometimes these new varieties of Chinese Evergreen are healthy and robust and sometimes they develop problems and production is ended.

Chinese Evergreen is the common name for Aglaonema plant. The most common varieties of Chinese Evergreen are the Aglaonema Emerald Beauty a.k.a. Maria, the Aglaonema Silver Queen and the Aglaonema Silver Bay. Chinese Evergreen plants have a bush-like or clumping growth and, depending on the pot size, can be from 8 inches to 4 feet tall.

Although the Aglaonema modestum is all green, most, if not all, of the current varieties of Chinese Evergreen are variegated to some extent. The all green Aglaonema modestum is hard to find although it used to be very common. Last time I counted there were twenty or more Chinese Evergreen plant varieties available through the Florida tropical plant nurseries.

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How to Water

In higher light, you can allow the potting mix to dry down 1/2 to 3/4 of the way out before thoroughly watering your Chinese Evergreen. In a lower light situation, allow soil to dry almost completely between watering. Please read the sections on watering, lighting, and basic houseplant care for more on the most important part of your Chinese Evergreen plant care.

Chinese Evergreen Plant Care
Proper Lighting

Chinese Evergreen is a great plant for just about any location except full sun. Full sun, especially through glass, can scorch the exposed leaves. Chinese Evergreen plants will survive in low light but will become thin and leggy. For a nice looking plant, try to provide bright, diffused natural light or some artificial or fluorescent lighting. This plant will do quite well with just artificial lighting. For this reason it is ideal for use in professional office space.

Although generally trouble free, you may encounter a few problems with Chinese Evergreen plant. Chinese Evergreen is prone to stem rot and root rot if over-watered. This is especially true if your Aglaonema plant is in low light. The light your plant receives is the biggest factor in determining the watering of your Chinese Evergreen.

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The Chinese Evergreen plant is not a cold tolerant plant. Temperatures should not be allowed to fall much below 60℉. Cold temperatures can permanently damage the leaves of Chinese Evergreen.

You can help keep your Chinese Evergreen plant full and bushy by removing some of the new leaves as they appear. Do this by firmly grasping the stem the new leaf grows from and hold the new leaf near its base and gently pull. It should come out entirely and this is preferred. You should not use scissors. Instead, leaves and flowers should be removed completely with no tissue left behind. Wounds on a plant allow for entry of disease and can attract insects.

When your Chinese evergreen plant gets leggy and has lost many lower leaves, you can cut your Chinese Evergreen plant's stalk or stem off above a leaf node to promote some new, healthy growth. Cut a few inches above the soil level and after a time the stem will put out some new shoots from the side of the stalk.


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You can root your Chinese Evergreen plant cutting in moist sand or suitable media, using rooting hormone. If your cutting is quite long, you can cut into pieces of about 3 inches long and root each piece. You can lay it on its side to root or position vertically on one end.

Plant in potting media when the roots are a few inches long. Always start with a small pot, maybe 4 inches in diameter. You can pot up as the roots fill the existing pot. You may need to support cuttings with a small stake until the roots can do the job alone. More about Chinese Evergreen plant care below...

Mealy bugs are one of the insect problems that you may have with Chinese Evergreen. An oval shaped, somewhat flattened body and six legs distinguish this insect, although they can appear to have more legs because of their "antennae" and "tails". They also have a fringe around the body. If you need help identifying mealy bugs, here is a good picture for you.

A waxy, protective substance covers the body of adults and egg sacs giving them a cottony appearance. Normally they are found in hidden areas, undersides of the leaves or in leaf axil. When the population is out of control, they can look like snow covering your plants. They also excrete a sticky substance called honeydew, which can also attract ants. Keep a watchful eye out for this pest, especially when you first bring a new plant home.

It is a good idea to quarantine any new additions to your indoor house plant family for a few weeks just to be sure there are not any insects that were not noticed at first. Wash down your new indoor house plant with a mixture of water and mild dish detergent. I like to add a few drops of Eucalyptus essential oil or Orange essential oil to my house plant cleaning solution.

Apply to top and lower leaf and stem surfaces of your house plants, being careful not to saturate the soil. You can clean by hand or use a spray bottle to apply your house plant cleaning solution. I use a sponge moistened with my cleaning solution to gently wipe the top and lower leaf surfaces. Cleaning of your houseplants should be a regular part of your houseplant care.

Never apply anything to the foliage of your plant while it is in the sun or when the soil is dry. Water first and move to a shady location. Hope this has been helpful to you as you care for your indoor plants and flowers! More houseplant care information below...

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