Fittonia (Nerve Plant) Care: What to Know

Find out how to take care of beautiful nerve plant (Fittonia). Learn what the plant needs in terms of watering, lighting, fertilizing, humidity and more. Get nerve plant to grow happy and healthy in your indoor garden. Fittonia can be a little finicky, but if you know the secrets to keeping nerve plant happy, you will have good luck with this beauty in your indoor garden. See care time stamps below.
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0:00-Intro
0:22-Overview (Name origin/Growth habits/Origins)
2:35-Lighting
5:14-Watering
7:52-Humidity
10:28-Temperature
12:05-Fertilizing
13:39-Pruning and pinching
14:44-Repotting
15:46-Pests
16:35-Outro
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[@darlene-MamaD]

I just purchased a white variegation fittonia so, I appreciate this highly informative video! I'm naming the plant Fin...
for, finicky. 🤭

[@HealthyHouseplants]

@darlene-MamaD, So glad the video is helpful. I love the name! 😂

[@stevenmclaughlin1834]

Thank you

[@HealthyHouseplants]

@stevenmclaughlin1832, You're welcome!

[@davidhalley9795]

Very informative. I’m trying to keep mine alive. It’s my second one. The first one didn’t survive….neglect on my part. My house is super dry and set to 67. I now have an entire table for all my plants so I’ll keep it there to help with humidity, in addition to misting. Last thing, where did you get the pot for ZZ plant in the back? Love it.

[@HealthyHouseplants]

David Halley, I'm glad you found the video helpful. Grouping plants helps considerably with raising humidity for all of them, so that's a great thing to do, and then misting, too. I really like that pot too. I replied in another video that you probably saw that I get a lot of my pots at Rite Aid in the springtime. I got that one last spring there. It's one of my favorites, too.

[@davidhalley9795]

@@HealthyHouseplants Thank you! I have rite aid close buy. I never considered it. I’ve seen mainly succulents outside from spring to the fall. I’ll ask about pots the next time I’m there.

[@HealthyHouseplants]

@@davidhalley9795 You're welcome. It might depend on what the local store carries, as to if they will get pots in, but it's definitely worth checking with them.

[@conniewhite1731]

Fittonia sp. Is it poisonous to cats?

[@HealthyHouseplants]

@conniewhite1731, It is nontoxic! Here is a link to ASPCA noting that. ASPCA is a good site to check regarding toxicity of plants to animals, for future reference: www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants/nerve-plant

[@conniewhite1731]

@@HealthyHouseplants thank you so very much.