Baby's Tears Care Instructions

Taxonomic Name: Soleirolia soleirolii Nettle Family Small Herbaceous Plant Most often used in dish gardens and terraria, this cute plant features tiny green leaves and ground-hugging stems. When planted in between upright terrarium plants, it can produce a delightful mounded or undulating ground-cover effect.

How to Care for Your Plant:

LIGHT: Direct sunlight or bright indirect sunlight is preferred.

WATERING: Water thoroughly as soon as the soil surface dries out. If your baby's tears plant is in a pot rather than a terrarium, at least a little water should come out of the pot's bottom drainage holes. However, the plant should not stand in saucer water for more than thirty minutes.

FEEDING: Use a balanced all purpose houseplant fertilizer.  Follow the product directions.

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS: Overwatering may promote root rot. Also, low humidity may cause leaf tips to brown.