My Calathea was purchased from Easy Plant. It's been ver...

2ft to light, direct

5β pot with drainage

Last watered 5 months ago
Hi @LadyJitterbug!
Since you haven't repotted yet it might be timeπ Also have you been fertilizing?
I started getting yellow leaves at the bottom when my Calathea Illustris wanted more space for her roots and more nutrientsπ
But it could also be it is adjusting to the new environment. Somtimes they will just discard the old leaves.
Be aware that direct sunlight might burn their leaves easily.πͺ΄
Since you haven't repotted yet it might be timeπ Also have you been fertilizing?
I started getting yellow leaves at the bottom when my Calathea Illustris wanted more space for her roots and more nutrientsπ
But it could also be it is adjusting to the new environment. Somtimes they will just discard the old leaves.
Be aware that direct sunlight might burn their leaves easily.πͺ΄
Thanks @MockingJay
I am such a newbie, I don't know much about fertilizing, so I have never used it on my plants. It seems so confusing with all the numbers, that I've been afraid to try it. I feel like I have to buy a different kind for each plant.
I am such a newbie, I don't know much about fertilizing, so I have never used it on my plants. It seems so confusing with all the numbers, that I've been afraid to try it. I feel like I have to buy a different kind for each plant.
@LadyJitterbug I agree it is a little scaryπ They say calatheas like equal parts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, like 5-5-5 or 10-10-10. But I have never found this so I have just used what I haveπ€·ββοΈ
Sometimes I use fertilizer-pearls that I just lay on the surface of the soil that uses some time to dissolve, it's the same my dad uses in his farming on his fields and I don't really know what it containsπ But I just give a few pearls to each plant (5-10), they are small, like small peas.
And sometimes I have used liquid fetilizer for green plants which is 5-5-1,3, only I try to dissolve it to a little less than what stand on the bottle.
It has both been just fine. Just one time I have missed with the liquid fertilizer and gave too much to a already struggeling plant. I could see the water that drained out turned grey/brown when I watered after and the plant got sloppyπ Flushed the soil and let it recover for a few days and it was ok.
If you repot and give it new soil, it is no need to fertilize in the beginning as there usually is some in the new soilπͺ΄
Sometimes I use fertilizer-pearls that I just lay on the surface of the soil that uses some time to dissolve, it's the same my dad uses in his farming on his fields and I don't really know what it containsπ But I just give a few pearls to each plant (5-10), they are small, like small peas.
And sometimes I have used liquid fetilizer for green plants which is 5-5-1,3, only I try to dissolve it to a little less than what stand on the bottle.
It has both been just fine. Just one time I have missed with the liquid fertilizer and gave too much to a already struggeling plant. I could see the water that drained out turned grey/brown when I watered after and the plant got sloppyπ Flushed the soil and let it recover for a few days and it was ok.
If you repot and give it new soil, it is no need to fertilize in the beginning as there usually is some in the new soilπͺ΄