purpleinopp said: Whichever it is, it doesn't look like it's dying, from what we can see in the pics. Was it happier in the original place in the corner in the kitchen? You said that is where it started growing again.
When you water, add water to all of the soil surface, so you know all of the soil has gotten moist. Pics of dirt can be deceiving but in the pics, the soil looks unevenly moist to me, and dry in places.
If it seems like all of the water you added ran right out of the drain hole, repeat watering several times, slowly and gently (so the soil doesn't wash out of the pot, or compact unnecessarily) until the pot feels much heavier. Repeat when it feels lighter, but not so late that the soil has no moisture left at all.
When you repotted, did you replace the plants at the same level, with not more soil covering more of the plant? Do you have any pics of this plant in the past? It's really small for a PL that has been with you for 4 years. Can you add a pic of it now, showing the drooping leaf?
I would have doubts about myself being able to keep any plant alive in that soil, which looks like pure peat. I did used to have plants that got root rot when I used potting soil like that years ago. If this doesn't go well, I would blame the soil, not yourself. In my experience with peat, it gets hydrophobic when dry, and suffocates roots.
I don't always drink beer, no wait, I mean don't always used bagged soil from a store, but when I do, I get "cactus/palm" soil, which is very chunky. The chunks cause little spaces of air, which help roots grow correctly, needing oxygen and moisture at the same time to function. Without any microbiological activity, and in a non-porous pot, suffocation from lack of oxygen can cause what we call over watering, root rot.
Using a clay pot can also help ameliorate the risk of rotting roots because the clay is porous.
Thank you for taking the time to write such an excellent reply! Unfortunately, I think you touched on some of the issues that may have played a part in the situation. First, yes, the soil that I used to repot in March was from walmart. I don't recall exactly (bag is in the garage), but it was some sort of "indoor mix". It did seem pretty loose to me. Another issue I suppose is the pot. It's just plastic and I bought it based on looks knowing that clay was probably a better option. It's funny because My grandfather had a huge garden his whole life, and my dad has always grown tons of orchids and all sorts of flowers & plants, but yet here I struggle to keep a simple peace lily alive.
After a few bouts of all the leaves drooping and then freaking out thinking that I killed it, I would then water it and was amazed to see it rejuvenate by the end of the day. Well, a few leaves turning brown and yellow here and there and it scared me enough to then start a watering "schedule" (which I now know is a very bad idea). I think that's when things went wrong. One by one, leaves started to turn brown and I read that you should trim them and then eventually I also trimmed the stalks. This happened over the course of a few months starting late last year. I have included a picture of the drooping leaf as it is now. If you compare to one of my earlier images you will see that it was standing tall just two days ago. There is another image from 2020 when it was in full glory, and then one showing the cut off stalks from January of this year.
Regarding the first images from the other day: yes, the soil had dry spots for sure. The last time I watered it prior to yesterday was probably about 2 weeks ago! I'm so scared of root rot after seeing what it did when I repotted it in March. When I repotted it, I did place the rhizomes at the same level, but a couple were too far gone. You can see in the 2020 picture that it was a very large plant at one point. This morning, I used a spray bottle to mist all of the soil again as evenly as I could. I placed it in some indirect light again, but it's hard to say where it really did well because I seem to remember a leaf or two always turning brown or yellow. I've since read that usually yellow leaves mean too much watering and brown not enough. I swear it's like medical conditions with humans though, you can never be too sure as sometimes the same symptoms can be the result of different means of getting there!
Anyway, hopefully it's watered properly at the moment. Maybe I will leave it in the low light area and not keep moving it during the day. I really thought it was dead in March, but then after about a month a tiny stalk started to grow up and I thought it was a miracle. At that point, I thought maybe I should give it more light during the day. I only questioned this when I started to see the brown/dried leaves. From what everyone here has said and observed in my pictures, I agree that the issue must be under watering.
