Hello, plant parents! Winter is finally over, but it has a sad part to it. Our plants are not as fresh as they should be, right? Are your plants dying, or do they look like this after the winter? Post-winter, plants often face challenges. When winter hits, plants go into a shock phase. Metabolism stops because the temperatures are so intense. For example, if temperatures in winter go around zero, plants go into hibernation. They don’t make food, just like lizards in hibernation. No new leaves come in, and the Summer Indoor Plant Care tip burns or slowed growth signal distress. Understanding why this happens is key to reviving them.

How to Spot Winter’s Impact

These are my plants. Basically, post-winter, either the growth has gone down, or tip burns have been very high, or, you know, the plants are not as fresh as they should be. I’ll tell you the reason why it happens. Plants don’t create new food in winter, so no new leaves come in. You will see symptoms of tip burns happening or sudden growth gone down because old leaves had shed, and no new leaves have come in. Recognizing these signs helps you act swiftly to restore vitality through Summer Indoor Plant Care.

What to Do: Pruning for Growth

Step 1: Prune with Purpose

So, what is to be done? Now that the weather is getting better, we need to make them ready. The first thing to be done is to get into the pruning stage. Yes, plants need hairdressing. A lot of people have this fear: keep my plants for cartoons. I’ll tell you which plants to cut and from where. Pruning helps give the right direction to plants. For example, this is one of my eglinemas. You can see there’s a small spout coming in, but it’s too weak. If you cut it from the base, you cut both stems from here. A lot of people will think you’re killing the plant. That’s not true. Whenever you prune them, you give them new energy.

Pruning Benefits

Already malnourished plants giving to this malnutrition leaf will not be as fresh, even when it goes to a full-stage leaf. That’s why you have to cut them across so the new leaf starts coming in. It usually takes one to two months, but the new growth will be much bigger and better. You can see here, this is a two-month-old picture. There are new stems coming in from here. Once you cut this, the new stems will be much stronger and thicker. This is true for palms, too, where tip burns happen due to malnutrition or temperature issues.

Pruning Palms

In palms, you don’t cut from the tip because it won’t grow again. Only cut leaves that have turned brown. This leaf has been completely damaged. I’ll cut all the leaves which are basically this, which has already been damaged because of temperature or other damages. If you cut it, the energy will not go into these leaves. Plants’ food will give energy to new leaves to come in, so your new growth will be much faster. Pruning is a very important step to make your plants summer-ready because they are really growing fast.

Feeding for Strength

Step 2: Nourish Your Plants

The second step which you need to do is feeding. In winter, if you feed the plant, nothing happens. Plants sleep; no metabolism is happening, or they’re in hibernation. Even if you’re giving it food, the food isn’t being used. The best time to feed slow releases is just after winter. This is the time you get them ready for summer, when temperatures will be nice, the weather will be good, and they will sprout much faster. If you have done pruning but haven’t fed them, nothing will happen. They’ve exhausted whatever food they had inside.

How to Feed

What we will do is refill some of them. The media I keep talking about is a mix of coco peat. It has a lot of slow releases. For a pot like this, which is four to five inches, put one to two teaspoons of slow-release fertilizer in your media. If you have a bigger pot, it should have three to four teaspoons. I don’t recommend putting liquid fertilizers or NPK directly because you don’t know how quickly or slowly the food has been diffused. With slow releases, it’s constant, and complete nutrition goes to the plant—nitrogen, potash, sulfur, and all sorts of salts.

Watering Wisely

Step 3: Hydrate Properly

The third thing you have to do is, as summers are arriving, the temperature is going up, which means your watering has to be regular. Overwatering kills the plant, and so is underwatering. For example, water has just gone towards the top layer. You have to make sure the base gets water seepage down. Water from all sides; the roots are on all sides. Wait for water to trickle down from the base. If it trickles down, the complete plant has got water. Then, let it dry so the roots absorb it. This ensures food goes to the right leaves, aligning with Summer Indoor Plant Care goals.

Patience Pays Off

Step 4: Be Patient

The fourth and most important step is to be patient. See your plant growth, see how life grows, and how new leaves come to life. Different plants grow at their own pace, just like our kids. Some might sleep longer in winter; some need more food. The more time you spend with them, the more you’ll know about them. Once you’ve done all these steps, you are summer-ready with your plants. By May and June, you will have lush green plants all around.

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Final Thoughts

Summer Indoor Plant Care transforms struggling plants into thriving companions. Pruning directs energy, feeding fuels growth, watering sustains life, and patience rewards you with lush greenery. If you’d like to share your plant journey, send me a DM or leave comments below. Thank you for reading this article. Have a nice day. Bye!