Bloomscape - September 21, 2025

Get Your Plants Fall-Ready! 🍂

Our Grow-How® Team has all the tips and tricks for getting your...

Plant Care: How to get your home ready for fall

With summer winding down and the days becoming shorter, it’s time to prepare our indoor plants for the months ahead. Check out our Grow-How® tips for getting your plants ready for fall.

When nighttime temperatures fall below 55°F, it’s time to bring your plants back inside. To keep them healthy and pest-free, follow these steps:

Clear the soil: Remove dead leaves and debris where pests like to hide
Inspect leaves: Wipe them down to remove any insects
Transition indoors: Move plants gradually to adjust to lower light

At the turn of each season, give your plants a thorough shower with a gentle spray of lukewarm water. You can also wipe down your plants using dusting gloves to remove any remaining dirt or dust.

After their shower, take advantage of the damp soil and recharge with nutrients for the last time this year. Be careful not to overdo it—we suggest using a water soluble all-purpose fertilizer mixed at half the recommended strength.

Guide: How to Fertililze

To continue cleaning up your plants, take care to trim any yellow or browning leaves with sharp, clean plant snips. Be sure to disinfect the shears with rubbing alcohol after each snip in order to minimize the spread of bacteria or any disease from plant to plant.

Guide: Trimming Plants

As the days get shorter, the sun is lower in the sky, changing the way sunlight enters your space. Where you placed your plant in the spring and summer may not be the best lighting scenario for it during the fall and winter. In the case that you find your plant isn’t getting sufficient light, consider incorporating a grow light into your space.

Guide: Indoor Lighting

Has your plant outgrown its pot? To check, gently lift your plant out of the pot and observe the roots. If the roots are coiling around the bottom of the pot, or even growing through the drainage holes or out of the top of the soil, then it’s time to size up and repot in a larger planter. Shop everything you need for repotting here, including pots, soil, and tools.