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    1. Keep the area free and open (don’t put the plants back there, don’t put anything on top) and wait for a few weeks.

      Wood is “wet” (has water in it’s cells), it takes water in and gives off water all it’s life. If the wood is not sealed but natural, your wood will get back to normal, it doesn’t look like it’s excessive water damage either. You can expect some light discoloration, but if you air out the rooms on a regular basis, as well as let it air and sun dry, it should “recover”.

      That said, make sure you don’t over water your plants, that the pots don’t have holes and use something to block the water from getting into the wood again. The top soil of your plant in the top left corner clearly had too much water, it’s moldy. Remove the top soil, aerate the soil (gently punch plenty of holes into the dirt with a bbq-stick, small wooden or plastic stick, a metal straw, whatever you have). This will help the roots to get air, help them grow better because compacted, wet soil will block growth, and it will help the wet clump of dirt near the roots dry. This also helps with sciaridae (“Trauermücken”), as they la their eggs on wet soil, the larva thrives in wet earth and they start to eat the roots of your plants until they are ready to come up, fly around and reproduce.

      I’d not worry too much about the wood, I had similar amounts of water drip down on the same type of floor, and those spots went away completely after a few warm and sunny weeks. Less noticeable than the unbleached parts of the wood floor where my sofa is standing, or the previous tenants wardrobe was.

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