What should I do with these leaves?
#Anthurium it seems that Wall-E is finally doing better! Lots of new leaves. What should I do with the “burnt” ones? Would it be better if I cut them?
1ft to light, direct
13” pot with drainage
Last watered 4 months ago
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@QualifiedAcajou What was the cause of the brown leaves if you know? Yay, glad they’re doing better!! I know it might seem unsightly, but I wouldn’t trim them. There’s plenty of green leaf left, and Wall-E (cute name!) can still use them for photosynthesis. I only trim leaves off if they’ve gone COMPLETELY yellow or brown. Plants need their leaves for transpiration which sucks water up from the roots to be distributed to the rest of the plant, so unnecessary removing of leaves can hurt that process 🫶🏼🌿
@DreamMachine I cut off the unhealthy tissue if it’s only covering a portion of the leaf. It’s not pretty, but it works
@DreamMachine I totally forgot to respond! 🤦🏽♀️ Wall-E has been stressed for a few months now. Started with too much direct sun in the evening during summer (and I live in Phx area, so that was intense). I moved it to a different window but then I was overwatering, which led to gnats 🤦🏽♀️ so I started the bottom watering and managing the direct light a bit better, and it’s doing much better! 💗 and you are right, the new leaves look healthy and have that “plastic” look (which I now it’s ironic that a healthy plant looks like plastic haha). Anyways, im new to plants so im learning a lot! Thanks for your help!
@Kenna thanks! The interesting thing is that the burn part is only the edge and the rest of the leaf and the stem feel ok. I’ll keep watching to see if more leaves start showing stress signs. Thanks for your help!
@DivineMelon93 oh interesting! I had heard that it’s not good for the plant to cut portions of the leaves. How does it look once you cut it? Does the edge stay healthy?
@QualifiedAcajou no worries at all, thank you for the update ☺️ Lol, I usually say “waxy,” it sure does sound funny to liken them to plastic 😂 But I know exactly what you mean. And you are right! On the whole, it’s not wise to cut into your plants leaves. The *only* exception i ever make is if a plant has a bacterial or fungal infection and those leaves could infect others. @DivineMelon93 @Kenna any time you make a cut into your plant, regardless of whether or not you have properly sterilized your tools, it is an open invitation to bacteria and fungi to attack. Just think of our skin when we have a cut. It is quite uncommon for bacteria and fungi to infect healthy intact skin. But our own cuts and scrapes can easily get infected if we are not careful.
And if our plant is already weakened by anything, low light, poor nutrients, drought, it is much for likely for the hostile bacteria & fungi to take hold. Fungi are everywhere, they are already all over your plants leaves. You can’t clean them off, there is nothing you can do to stop them, except for never making unnecessary cuts if you don’t have to. Please let your plant decide if their leaf is still useful to them 🩶🌿
And if our plant is already weakened by anything, low light, poor nutrients, drought, it is much for likely for the hostile bacteria & fungi to take hold. Fungi are everywhere, they are already all over your plants leaves. You can’t clean them off, there is nothing you can do to stop them, except for never making unnecessary cuts if you don’t have to. Please let your plant decide if their leaf is still useful to them 🩶🌿