Dying leaves
I have had this plant for close to two years now, I believe it is a calathea amagris (please correct me if not). For the past 6 months, its leaves have been either browning or curling up and turning crispy. For a long time I kept her in indirect sunlight at the window. Moved her recently to about 3 feet away from it. But the leaves continue to curl up and brown. I have lost almost all of the original leaves and only the new growth (the one that showed up after this year's fertilization) remains.
Can someone tell me what is wrong?
#calathea #leafproblems #help
Can someone tell me what is wrong?
#calathea #leafproblems #help
10ft to light, indirect
18” pot with drainage
Last watered 2 months ago
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@FunOldmansbones I had her repotted a couple months ago. but the nursery simply removed her from the old pot and added to a new bigger pot without separating the individual plants. Should I try going in and giving them more space?
@BeatificViolet you shouldn’t have to separate them! You could do it as a last resort to see if it helps though! how’s your watering schedule? Maybe they need a good soak, I fill my sink or bathtub once a month or so and give most of my plants a good soak, just fill the tub a bit, let them soak till their pots feel heavy and clean your leaves. Just be sure to let them drain well if you put them into decorative pots after or the roots can rot from the bottom.You could also try adding a fertilizer to your water, I just got “Schultz liquid plant food” although I haven’t had it long enough to notice any change (just got it last week) my local plant store swears by it and I also looked into it online and it seems like it’ll be awesome!
@FunOldmansbones I usually stick a chopstick in and water thoroughly when about half the chopstick comes up bone dry... I have a history of killing plants by over watering T_T so I try to be more conservative with that
I will check out the fertiliser, thank you for the recommendation!
Do you think it could be a humidity issue? The plant is in my room, there's no ACs or radiators in here, but I doubt it gets very humid. Is there some way to introduce humidity without having to buy a humidifier...?
I will check out the fertiliser, thank you for the recommendation!
Do you think it could be a humidity issue? The plant is in my room, there's no ACs or radiators in here, but I doubt it gets very humid. Is there some way to introduce humidity without having to buy a humidifier...?
@FunOldmansbones turns out you were right about the root bound, Rebecca. It seems it had been that way since before I got it repotted and it continued to stay that way, the roots did not venture out into the new soil at all.
I separated the ball by hand to avoid harming the roots, there didnt seem to be that many dead roots or signs of any root rot so I think it should be fine now? Hopefully my leaves will stop abandoning the plant now, fingers crossed.
Thank you for your help!
I separated the ball by hand to avoid harming the roots, there didnt seem to be that many dead roots or signs of any root rot so I think it should be fine now? Hopefully my leaves will stop abandoning the plant now, fingers crossed.
Thank you for your help!
Thanks Rebecca, I'll give it a watch!