My spiderworts’s leaves are starting to brown, what shoul...
At first I thought I was under-watering. But I’ve recently been pretty consistent with it. #NewPlantMom #ineedhelp #ineedhelpwithnewplants #Spiderwort
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It actually looks overwatered.
Is there drainage? If not, that is your problem. What happens with no drainage is water pools us in the bottom of the pot with nowhere to go.
Then the soil stays wet, with no airflow oxygen can't get in the soil. Without oxygen your plant loses the ability to absorb water and nutrients.
When it can drink it absorbs too much leading to the cells within the leaf bursting like water balloon causing damage. The leaves will get damaged and will and lose coloring.
Also without oxygen bacteria grows and multiplies very rapidly it then feeds on the plant roots causing "root rot".
I'm pretty sure yours has it. You will have to check.
You will need to get a pot with drainage and soil with plenty of aeration in the form of perlite or bark. All indoor plants do best with about 50% aeration since indoors we don't have great air circulation.
Here is the treatment for root rot.
1. Remove from your pot, to check the roots. If there is anything brown black or mushy you have rot and will need to cut it all off. Keep only the healthy roots they will be whitish in color
Now root rot comes from a bacteria that forms in your soil and then attacks your plant. So treatment is absolutely necessary.
2. Cut off all affected roots soak what is left in:
1 part peroxide + 3 parts water and leave in the peroxide mix to soak for 5 minutes this will kill off the remaining bacteria. It will bubble pot and fizz this is good it’s killing the bacteria.
3. Next is soil, the best
choice is to throw it away. It’s safest. Or bake it for 1 hour in a 200
Degree oven, not the greatest because it REALLY stinks. But it’s effective. Or the most risky way is to thoroughly flush your soil out with your peroxide mix twice! You need to be very careful and do it thoroughly because if even a teeny bit of bacteria is left your rot will come back.
4. Now the pot, it also has that pesky bacteria you must scrub it out with soapy water very well and then also scrub it down with the peroxide mix.
Now you can plant her again. Be sure to add some perlite to your soil for aeration. This will help oxygen reach those roots and I avoid bacteria growth in the future.
Is there drainage? If not, that is your problem. What happens with no drainage is water pools us in the bottom of the pot with nowhere to go.
Then the soil stays wet, with no airflow oxygen can't get in the soil. Without oxygen your plant loses the ability to absorb water and nutrients.
When it can drink it absorbs too much leading to the cells within the leaf bursting like water balloon causing damage. The leaves will get damaged and will and lose coloring.
Also without oxygen bacteria grows and multiplies very rapidly it then feeds on the plant roots causing "root rot".
I'm pretty sure yours has it. You will have to check.
You will need to get a pot with drainage and soil with plenty of aeration in the form of perlite or bark. All indoor plants do best with about 50% aeration since indoors we don't have great air circulation.
Here is the treatment for root rot.
1. Remove from your pot, to check the roots. If there is anything brown black or mushy you have rot and will need to cut it all off. Keep only the healthy roots they will be whitish in color
Now root rot comes from a bacteria that forms in your soil and then attacks your plant. So treatment is absolutely necessary.
2. Cut off all affected roots soak what is left in:
1 part peroxide + 3 parts water and leave in the peroxide mix to soak for 5 minutes this will kill off the remaining bacteria. It will bubble pot and fizz this is good it’s killing the bacteria.
3. Next is soil, the best
choice is to throw it away. It’s safest. Or bake it for 1 hour in a 200
Degree oven, not the greatest because it REALLY stinks. But it’s effective. Or the most risky way is to thoroughly flush your soil out with your peroxide mix twice! You need to be very careful and do it thoroughly because if even a teeny bit of bacteria is left your rot will come back.
4. Now the pot, it also has that pesky bacteria you must scrub it out with soapy water very well and then also scrub it down with the peroxide mix.
Now you can plant her again. Be sure to add some perlite to your soil for aeration. This will help oxygen reach those roots and I avoid bacteria growth in the future.
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