Can Indoor Plants and Flowers Be Rotated?

Indoor plants and flowers sometimes grow lopsided and not very beautiful. The reason for this is the lack of sunlight due to the stationary location of the pot. Rearranging them and turning the pot will help to avoid the “one-sidedness” of plants. Therefore, many owners are interested in the question – can indoor plants and flowers be rotated and whether this will affect their development and condition?

Moving to another place

Sometimes, to choose the best place and growing conditions, we move flowers from one place to another, move them from one room to another. They may not notice such a rearrangement if the temperature, lighting and humidity in these places are the same.

But some plants may not like the new conditions and the new microclimate. Then they may shed leaves, stop blooming. If this happens, you need to look for a comfortable stationary place for them.

Turning the pot

When turning the pots, the microclimate remains the same, only the direction of illumination changes.

The question of which way to turn the pot clockwise or counterclockwise usually does not arise, intuitively we turn the flower clockwise. This is most likely due to the movement of the sun, because all plants turn after it.

There are certain rules for turning the pot. Of course, each plant needs an individual approach, because many of the most whimsical specimens do not like it when they are touched.

How properly can indoor plants and flowers be rotated

  1. Do not turn the pot during the laying of buds and flowering, because the plant may shed the buds.
  2. Pots are not turned sharply, for example, immediately by 180 degrees. It is better to turn at each watering, but at a smaller angle (10-20 degrees).

If, during house cleaning, you take the flowers off the windowsill, in order not to forget which side they were facing towards the window, we insert a mark into the pot – a match or a toothpick. Then, with the marked side, we put the pot back in its place.

Plants that can be rotated

  • Clivia – in order for the flower to form a beautiful crown and a straight vertical peduncle, the pot is rotated.
  • Violets need to be turned to look beautiful, they do not notice the rearrangement.
  • Hippeastrum – rearrangement and turning do not particularly affect them.
  • Gloriosa, aspidistra, chlorophytum, peperomia, cyclamen, anthurium – it is necessary to turn so that the flower acquires the appropriate shape.
  • Jasmine, roses, spathiphyllum, balsams – unpretentious, and turning is good for them.
  • Zamioculcas – once every 2-3 weeks it needs to be turned to the light with the other side, otherwise it will grow one-sided.
  • Croton (codiaeum), palms – for uniform crown density, it is necessary to periodically turn different sides to the window.
  • Orchids – we periodically turn the pot with this flower, otherwise it will lean towards the window.

Plants that do not like turning

  • Phyllo cacti or forest cacti – we don’t touch them at all and don’t turn them, we adhere to the law of inviolability. Otherwise, the buds may turn into vegetative shoots.
  • Hibiscus – we do not disturb the bushes that have set buds.
  • Nolina (elephant’s foot) – gets used to the place, and if you turn it, it may slow down in growth. But often nolina’s “hair” is skewed.
  • Azalea, gardenia can react sensitively to rearrangement, so it is better to leave them in the same position, otherwise they will lose inflorescences and leaves.
  • Lemon – you can turn it slowly, once every few weeks, about 10 degrees, so that the crown is formed more symmetrically. With a sharp turn, it may begin to shed leaves.
  • Decembrist, fuchsia – do not rearrange when the flower lays buds and during the flowering period.
  • Benjamin ficus, calathea – do not like twisting the pot and rearrangements, because of this they often shed leaves.