Why Office Plant Leaves Turn Yellow and How to Fix It

Put a small potted plant on your desk and your mood will be lovely all day long. Nowadays, more and more office white-collar workers like to keep some green plants. But many people neglect to care for these plants because of their busy work, and yellowing leaves and wilting easily appear. So what should be done?

1. What should be done when office plant leaves turn yellow?

1. An office is a relatively enclosed space with poor indoor ventilation

Once summer is over, indoor temperatures return to natural levels, and the yellowing of green plants becomes even more serious. Office green plants need a certain amount of sunlight and appropriate air humidity. When necessary, you can spray water on the floor where they are placed and on the leaves of the green plants to meet the plants' humidity requirements as much as possible. The placement of green plants should be kept as far away as possible from the air-conditioning outlet.

2. When plants are placed in the office, watering becomes a big problem

It is very easy for everyone to water the flowerpot and cause waterlogging, and plants are most averse to being watered this way. The ventilation and light conditions in an office are already worse than outdoors, and the moisture in the soil cannot evaporate for a long time, so water accumulation, root rot and yellowing can all occur. Water evaporates relatively little from the flowerpot, and for the sake of appearance, offices often use porcelain pots. Since the flowerpot cannot be changed, then change the watering instead, and reduce the amount of watering as much as possible!

3. Metabolism

However, some plants turn yellow as part of normal metabolism. For example, pothos occasionally has a yellow leaf at the bottom; you just need to pick it off and throw it away, and there is no real effect.

4. No repotting or soil change

In addition, some “professional” green plant caregivers may say it is a lack of fertilizer and so on. As long as it is normal care, there will be no fertilizer deficiency in the short term. Only if it has been grown for a very long time and the soil has never been changed is it possible that there may be a fertilizer deficiency.

2. How should office plants be cared for?

1. Plants suitable for hydroponics

Generally, plants that can be grown hydroponically include pothos, spider plant, Swiss cheese plant, orchid tree, clivia, Chinese rose, lily of the valley shrub, violet, Brazilian wood, money tree, asparagus fern, lucky bamboo, copper coin grass, snake plant, dumb cane and so on.

For the water used to grow plants, tap water is fine. Before use, let the tap water sit for a period of time first. Especially in winter, when the water temperature is lower than room temperature, the tap water should be left to stand for a period of time even more. Do not fill the water too full; generally leave 5 to 10 cm of roots above the water surface.

It is best to choose transparent glass containers so you can view the plant roots. Different hydroponic plants have different root colors and shapes, and their intertwining in the water is also a unique sight. Glass containers also allow you to observe the water quality and water level at any time. You can also put colored stones in the glass container or keep small goldfish to increase the ornamental value of the plants.

2. Placement of office plants

Generally speaking, offices are suitable for placing the following three kinds of plants. The first is cacti, or plants such as cactus balls. This is because cacti are easy to keep alive and are not large in size, so they can be placed flexibly. The second is spider plant, which has strong vitality and reproduces quickly. The third is flowers, including chrysanthemums, peonies and other kinds of flowers.

The area of an office is generally not very large, so when placing plants, you must pay attention to the placement position. Only in a suitable position will they play their greatest role. Generally speaking, the place where we most often put them is on the desk, because the desk is a relatively flat position and is relatively close to people. The second is that some plants can also be placed appropriately on the windowsill of the office.