What to Do When Kalanchoe Leaves Turn Yellow? Causes and Solutions

Because kalanchoe has a long blooming period, many flower colors, is easy to grow, and is easy to propagate, its popularity is also relatively high. However, during the process of growing kalanchoe, yellowing leaves, soft leaves, and leaf drop often occur. Below, let us take a look at what to do when these situations arise!

What to Do When Kalanchoe Leaves Become Soft

This is usually caused by long-term lack of light or insufficient light, insufficient watering, or long-term waterlogging. Light should be increased. Apart from appropriate shading in summer, at other times it must be given good to sufficient light. Watering should alternate between dry and wet periods. Never allow long-term waterlogging or drought.

What to Do When Kalanchoe Drops Leaves

1. Insufficient light: If kalanchoe does not receive enough light during daily care, not only will the branches be thin, weak, and elongated, and the leaves thin and the plant shape unattractive, but the number of flowers will also decrease, the flower colors will not be vivid, and a large number of leaves will drop, causing it to lose its ornamental value.

2. Dark environment: A care environment that is too dark can also easily cause leaf drop. Even a plant that has already bloomed, if placed in a shady spot, will have duller flower colors and then the flowers will drop and wither.

What to Do When Kalanchoe Leaves Turn Yellow

1. Overwatering: If kalanchoe is watered too much, it will cause the leaves to turn yellow. It shows as old leaves having no obvious change while young leaves turn yellow. In this case, water control should be implemented immediately.

2. Excessive drought: Caused by lack of water and drought. Its characteristic is that old leaves turn yellow first from the bottom upward. If the lack of water lasts a little longer, the whole plant's leaves will turn yellow, or it may even die. It should be watered in time.

3. Too much fertilizer: Caused by fertilizing too frequently or at too high a concentration. Its characteristic is that young leaves are thick and fleshy, glossy, and uneven. Fertilizer should be controlled, the soil should be cultivated, and water should be given.

4. Insufficient fertilizer: Caused by insufficient fertilizer, too low a fertilization concentration, and too long an interval between fertilizations. Its characteristic is that young leaves and tender stems turn yellow first. If this phenomenon is seen and fertilizer is not applied in time, it can also cause the whole plant's leaves to turn yellow or even die. Note: For flowers lacking fertilizer, never apply a large amount of concentrated fertilizer at one time, so as to avoid burning the roots.

5. Iron deficiency: For woody flowers in greenhouses, because soil fertility conditions vary greatly, yellow leaves often appear. The characteristic is that young leaves are obviously affected while old leaves are less so, the leaf mesophyll is yellow, the leaf veins are green, and a typical network forms. It can be solved by applying a ferrous sulfate aqueous solution. The method is to mix 7 parts cake fertilizer, 5 parts ferrous sulfate, and 200 parts water into a diluted solution and water with it.