One of the most unpretentious and decorative indoor plants, spathiphyllum, can be grown even by inexperienced gardeners. It blooms better in shade, loves abundant watering and is able to forgive almost any mistakes. Problems with spathiphyllums rarely arise, and always only with serious violations of care. Most often, the leaves of the plant simply dry out and turn yellow. If the conditions are adjusted in time, the bushes recover very quickly and delight with even more beautiful greenery.
Why do spathiphyllum leaves dry out?
In spathiphyllum, drying is always accompanied by bright yellowing or blackening: if this plant decides to attract attention, then by all means at once. The signs that accompany drying out are usually used as a guide.
What is leaf drying out?
Leaf drying is the process of complete dehydration of the plant cells of the leaf, which can lead to the complete death of the plant.
Most often, drying of the leaves appears due to inadequate care of the flower , its inadequate hydration.
The dried leaves of spathiphyllum look far from aesthetically pleasing. They become lifeless and dark brown or black (read about why spathiphyllum leaves turn black and dry here, and from this article you will learn what to do if the flowers turn black).
Why does this problem occur?
Spathiphyllum is an unpretentious plant to care for, but there are many reasons for the dehydration of its cells. The main reason for leaf drying is the wrong location of the plant. Spathiphyllum does not tolerate darkness or drafts.
The most suitable location would be a bright, warm room or even a kitchen.
Improper watering and lack of air humidity
- Lack of moisture and its excess are harmful to the plant. “Women's Happiness” must be watered when the top layer of soil dries out. When several hours have passed since watering, drain the water from the pan.
- Due to its tropical origin, “female happiness” does not tolerate too dry air. If you notice drying of the flower tips, you need to thoroughly humidify the air in the room.
- Not a single indoor plant tolerates direct sunlight and spathiphyllum is no exception. If you place the spathiphyllum in a place where direct sunlight falls, then soon the condition of the plant will deteriorate significantly, the leaves will begin to dry out and turn yellow (why do the leaves, flowers and stem of spathiphyllum turn yellow?). This plant is not too light-loving, so it can easily be kept in a room with shade.
Excess or deficiency of microelements
To avoid withering of the plant during its flowering period, you need to feed the flower with microelements. Liquid microelements intended for indoor plants are suitable for fertilizer. It is necessary to fertilize strictly following the instructions.
In winter, spathiphyllum does not require fertilizer . If you overdo it with fertilizing, there will be an excess of microelements, which will negatively affect the plant.
Spots on spathiphyllum leaves
The appearance of uneven dry brown spots on the leaves, asymmetrical (mosaic) drying of leaf edges, lethargy, especially in large-leaved tall varieties, can also be solved by correcting care.
Sunburn is a typical reaction of spathiphyllum to too bright lighting with sunlight hitting sensitive leaves. Appears in large, dry, unevenly distributed spots. There is only one way to deal with the problem - by moving it to a new place with diffused lighting or installing a screen.
Photo
Next you can see a photo of “female happiness” whose leaves are drying:
What are the consequences of improper care for “women's happiness”?
Any biological species requires attention, including plants. Spathiphyllum is no exception. Despite its unpretentiousness, this plant still needs to be provided with the required, proper care.
The consequences of inadequate care can be many factors:
- A weakened plant will become easy prey for insect pests.
- Due to the too low air temperature and excess moisture in it, the leaves of the plant begin to turn black.
- Excessively abundant watering causes slow growth of the plant (what to do if spathiphyllum does not grow?). Before watering, you need to look at the air humidity and at the tips of the plant. If the tips look up, then the soil has not yet dried out for new watering, if the tips are down, then you need to water the plant (why can spathiphyllum drop its leaves?).
- Excessively dry air causes the tips of the leaves to quickly become limp and brown, and then completely.
- The leaves begin to turn yellow.
- Due to the wrong pot size, the plant may not bloom for a long time. The peculiarity of spathiphyllum is that it does not bloom in a pot in which the roots do not fill all the free space.
"Black" drying of leaves
This is a severe drying out of blackened leaves, starting at the tips and spreading further over time. When the upper part of the leaves turns black, drying covers a much larger area, most often the leaf plates are gradually deformed, and where healthy tissues remain, the leaf turns yellow unevenly.
This type of drying in spathiphyllum causes systemic waterlogging and root rotting. More often the problem appears in autumn and winter. At the initial stage, it is enough to adjust the watering, dry and loosen the substrate.
If the soil becomes very acidic, an unpleasant odor appears and the plant is in a very depressed state, only an emergency transplant with treatment of the roots and removal of the affected tissue will help save the spathiphyllum.
“Black” drying out may also indicate too generous feeding. If there are no signs of waterlogging, the small tips of the leaves turn black, then it is enough to stop feeding or change the concentration of fertilizers.
What to do to revive a plant at home?
If there is a problem with the sheet plate
If the leaves of the plant are dry, first of all you need to normalize the watering of the plant. Understand in which cases it is necessary to water and in which cases it is not. It is important to eliminate all the reasons due to which the leaves of the plant dry out . To create additional moisture for the plant, you need to pour wet moss into the vase. A nearby room humidifier won't hurt either.
Under no circumstances should you use cold water for irrigation. She is the enemy of any plant. The ideal water temperature is room temperature, at which the plant will not become hypothermic.
When the ends dry out
How to care for the “female happiness” flower if the tips of the leaves dry out? Drying of the ends of the leaves of a plant can occur due to an excess of water in the pot. First of all, in this case it is necessary:
- Move the plant from this pot.
- Wash the pot itself thoroughly with laundry soap.
- If the plant has rotten roots, they should be cut off.
- Place sand and stones at the bottom of the pot (the height of the mixture should not exceed 5 cm) and lay new soil.
- Then replant the previously damaged flower.
If the air in the room is too dry, the plants in it will need spraying. But what if it doesn't help? It is worth trying to use pallets with gravel or expanded clay at the bottom . Flower pots are placed on these pallets.
The only way to prevent sunburn on plants is to move the pot with the plant to another place less accessible to the sun. It is also possible to curtain the window with fabric, which will not let in as much sunlight. If there is an excess of fertilizers, it is also recommended to replant the plant in new soil. In case of pest damage, it is recommended to treat the above-ground part of the flower with a soap solution or fungicide.
If the disease even affects the flowers and the plant turns yellow
If even the flowers of your plant begin to turn yellow, then you should immediately begin to save it, because this can even lead to the complete death of the plant.
The appearance of dried flowers on a plant is a sign of insufficient feeding. This problem can be solved using any chemical fertilizers for indoor plants or using traditional methods of feeding plants.
Several suitable ways:
- Feeding with yeast : yeast contains hormones that stabilize cell division, thereby promoting the growth and full development of house plants. Recipe: for 10l. water at room temperature - 3 tablespoons of sugar and a bag of dry yeast, let it brew for 4 hours, then mix in equal proportions with water and water the plants.
- Onion peel fertilizer provides protection against many pests and diseases (you can learn more about how to treat spathiphyllum for leaf diseases and what the affected areas of the plant look like in the photo here). Recipe: pour a liter of boiling water over a handful of onion peels. Boil for about 10 minutes, then leave for 2 hours, pour into a container and spray the plants and top layer of soil.
Why do the tips of spathiphyllum leaves turn yellow and dry?
At home, the flower grows in rain or swamp forests, along the banks of reservoirs. It is clear that the humidity there is high, and if we add a warm climate, then it would be correct to write “very high.”
In a city apartment or private house, it is difficult to create this even with daily spraying. But it is possible to make the culture conditions acceptable and prevent the tips from drying out .
Prevention
After eliminating the problem of drying out and yellowing of the plant leaves, it is necessary to carry out preventive measures to prevent the problem from reoccurring. First of all, to prevent repeated drying out, you must follow all the rules for caring for the “female happiness” flower.
- It is necessary to determine a permanent place for the flower where it will not be harmed by the sun's rays.
To prevent direct sunlight, move the flower half a meter from the window and cover the window with tulle. - It is necessary to regulate the air temperature in the room.
- Also, for prevention, it is necessary to periodically fertilize the plant, preferably with organic rather than chemical fertilizers.
If you follow all these simple tips, you can easily achieve the ideal condition of your spathiphyllum and maintain it all year round.
The main thing is only to fulfill and observe the basic growing conditions:
- choose a suitable place to place the plant;
- maintain the correct humidity and temperature in the room;
- water the plant correctly; Don't do it too much or too often.
Thanks to these rules, spathiphyllum will always be healthy, look beautiful and well-groomed.
