New Hoya Leaf Banana Yellow
So my Lisa Australis has a new leaf. It came in pink like normal but now the variegation that is normally whitish, is banana yellow? Any thoughts?. I have been trying a new fertilizer this week but only 1/5 of recommended dose.
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@PlantMompy Nope, really firm. I keep hoping the yellow color will fade, but it actually seems brighter. And it's not like a brownish yellow but a bright, banana laffy Taffy yellow.
Ugh it weirds me out, the only times I’ve ever have new leaves turn that shade they have ended up dropping.. but they were never quite this along and the stem still looks healthy green. 🤔 Did you recently water it and it turned yellow? Kind of curious if it’s a watering related issue as the leaf is slightly wonky shaped too.
@Bunny413 it’s hard to say just on dates alone, it’s really particular to your environment and substate. I don’t have have one of these, but I know people say these are a bit on the picky side and don’t want to dry out so much. Are you waiting for the leaves to get very soft when you water?
I don’t think so because you cut it so significantly, unless you’re using some really strong outdoor garden stuff which I don’t think you. Could be something weird with some ph fluctuations since you changed fert while it was putting out the new leaf, but I feel a lot of those things take some time to show up. Things like watering, root, environmental stuff shows up a lot faster.
I don’t use silica, but I know everyone mentions you should add it to your water first, wait 20-30 minutes, then mix other nutrients. Without following the steps it will cause nutrient lockout. I also don’t ph balance, but I know silica can effect it greatly as well.
When I was looking up if I should use this with Hoya, I didn’t really find much info about it’s value, as opposed to in the aroid community. The little bit I did find people recommended introducing it slowly and some I saw quite a few posts about yellowing.
When I was looking up if I should use this with Hoya, I didn’t really find much info about it’s value, as opposed to in the aroid community. The little bit I did find people recommended introducing it slowly and some I saw quite a few posts about yellowing.