How to care for your Hypoestes
Use these instructions to care for a Hypoestes. This guide will tell you how to water a Hypoestes; its light, temperature, humidity preferences and any additional care it might need to help it grow.
Hypoestes
Your Hypoestes plant would love to perch near a window or grow light that provides indirect exposure. Be careful of direct sunlight, however, because this can scorch its leaves. Too little lighting causes your plant’s leaves to fade in color.
Hypoestes plants love moist but not soggy soil. You’ll need to make sure the top inch of soil is dry before watering your Hypoestes plant. As you water, watch for drainage at the bottom of the pot, and empty the saucer afterward. The roots of your hypoestes do not like standing water since that causes them to rot.
Average to 50% humidity makes your Hypoestes plant the happiest. If the air in your home is dry, then you supplement with a pebble tray near the pot or a humidifier in the same room. An occasional misting might perk up a Hypoestes with curling leaves, but be careful not to overdo it.
Your Hypoestes would be perfectly content in temperatures above 60℉. So your average room temperatures should suffice, but remember to keep plant away from drafty windows and doors and far from vents.
As a houseplant, your Hypoestes prefers monthly feedings with a liquid indoor plant formula that’s diluted in water at half strength. The best time to fertilize is during its growing season which spans from April to September. You can reduce this frequency during the winter.
Your Hypoestes plant is pet safe for dogs and cats as well as non-toxic to humans.
If you choose, you can bring your Hypoestes outdoors during the summer months when nighttime temperatures are consistently above 50 degrees. It will thrive in a spot that has full shade so that the leaves do not get sunburnt.
