Does this plant look healthy still?
My plant has been growing so much and I thought it was doing really well so I decided to propagate a little bit. I haven't really changed anything else but it has gotten colder since the season change. My plant has stopped growing as far as I can tell and some leaves look slightly whitish. Is this normal or do I need to address this issue?
2â pot without drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
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Hey ð this is quite normal for an elephant bush when environmental factors change drastically (like the weather getting suddenly colder, as you say!).
It's generally put down to a lack of light (causing the plant to lose chlorophyll) but a change in temperature, humidity or location can cause the same stress reaction. unlike browning leaves though they can go back to being fully green again after turning a bit white! ð
Given your plants location in guessing it's likely more to do with temperature than anything else (plants in windows over heaters for example get VERY cold at night and then VERY warm during the day, with huge humidity swings in between.
If you have a grow light I'd suggest moving her out of the window f ok t the winter and putting her under a nice Sansi bulb or something? That way you can control the temp a little more but she'll still get her shot of light for the day (12hrs on should get her happy again I would think, she may not be getting quite that much with natural light)
Best of luck! X
It's generally put down to a lack of light (causing the plant to lose chlorophyll) but a change in temperature, humidity or location can cause the same stress reaction. unlike browning leaves though they can go back to being fully green again after turning a bit white! ð
Given your plants location in guessing it's likely more to do with temperature than anything else (plants in windows over heaters for example get VERY cold at night and then VERY warm during the day, with huge humidity swings in between.
If you have a grow light I'd suggest moving her out of the window f ok t the winter and putting her under a nice Sansi bulb or something? That way you can control the temp a little more but she'll still get her shot of light for the day (12hrs on should get her happy again I would think, she may not be getting quite that much with natural light)
Best of luck! X