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silverweb

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Thu Mar 5, 2020, 01:50 PM Mar 2020

Help, please! [View all]

This has to do with houseplants, not outside gardening, but I'm still hoping someone here can help me. I have several houseplants that have been doing very well, but I might have done something awful.

One of the plants is a purple waffle plant (Hemigraphis colorata) and another is a large bromeliad. There are another few smaller plants, but these are the two I'm most concerned about.

Because they're tropical and like humidity, I mist them morning and evening. This morning, I accidentally grabbed the spray bottle of vinegar and sprayed them with that instead of the usual distilled water. I realized my mistake almost immediately, got the water spray bottle and doused them heavily with that.

My question is this: Is what I did adequate to neutralize the vinegar or should I do something else in addition? I was thinking of maybe putting them in the tub and using the hand sprayer to rinse them more thoroughly, but I don't want to drown them, either. I could also add a tiny bit of baking soda to the water to more effectively neutralize the vinegar, but am unsure if that's safe.

Suggestions? Advice? All positive input welcome.

Thanks!

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Help, please! [View all] silverweb Mar 2020 OP
Put them in the shower and hope for the best. Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #1
Thanks! silverweb Mar 2020 #7
Make sure you douse the underside of the leaves. Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #11
Yes! silverweb Mar 2020 #14
I have done just what you did and had no problems 5X Mar 2020 #2
Interesting! silverweb Mar 2020 #8
I think the key thing is to not let too much of the vinegar get into the soil. Mr.Bill Mar 2020 #3
Thank you! silverweb Mar 2020 #9
I am thinking that since you immediately rinsed them, they should be alright. Some people ... SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #4
It was white vinegar for cleaning. silverweb Mar 2020 #10
Here's what I found. OneBro Mar 2020 #5
Thank you! silverweb Mar 2020 #6
Good to know! Thanks. SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #13
Thank you, everyone! silverweb Mar 2020 #12
Followup to the crisis. silverweb Mar 2020 #15
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