Hi Greg family! This plant has been making yellow leaves ...
2ft to light, indirect
6” pot with drainage
Last watered 10 months ago
10
@TheOddAsity Hi! Is the substrate the potting soil? It does have drainage and gets watered about once every week to 10 days. Hang in and I’ll get a picture of the potting soil. I think it’s just miracle grow.
@Sylvi so this is a philodendron Xanadu. It needs a chunky, airy potting substrate. I think what happening here is the roots are suffocating, and there’s a chance it is being overwatered. Sometimes if the soil has been wet too long it can lead to a fungal infection. About wouldn’t hurt to treat it. I don’t use potting soil, I mix my own so I don’t have a brand to recommend, but what you have it in can be amended with chunky perlite, coco chips or bark and maybe some charcoal.
I personally used some no name brand potting soil and mixed in some small stones that I scooped out of a stream. Random bark I found around my property (mostly oak) and before filling my pot with the soil mixture I lined the bottom of the pot with shale, maybe 3” of shale. Than lightly packed a small amount of non mixed no name potting soil, plopped my rustled up root ball in the pot and tucked the baby in.
I’m a huge fan of using fruit and veg ferments to feed all of my plants. So with re potting, I give them a nice soaking of banana peel ferment. Oh, also before placing my root ball, I gently massage the roots with some aloe and cinnamon. 🤷🏻♂️ my methods may be whacky but my plants seem happy.
I’m a huge fan of using fruit and veg ferments to feed all of my plants. So with re potting, I give them a nice soaking of banana peel ferment. Oh, also before placing my root ball, I gently massage the roots with some aloe and cinnamon. 🤷🏻♂️ my methods may be whacky but my plants seem happy.
@Araceae you would definitely know more than me! 😂 @Sylvi this is probably what it is.
@LuminousTawapou adding any form of gravel or rocks to a pot, raises the water line to the roots of a plant. Keeping the natural bottom of the pot is best as the rocks do not increase the drainage.
@LuminousTawapou adding any form of gravel or rocks to a pot, raises the water line to the roots of a plant. Keeping the natural bottom of the pot is best as the rocks do not increase the drainage.
Maybe coco chips could help? I also use charcoal