Pothos and spider plants often get yellow leaves? Add a little of this to the pot and they'll easily turn green again

Pothos and spider plants are both foliage plants commonly grown by flower lovers. They stay evergreen all year round, and whether kept in the living room, bedroom or balcony, they can bring plenty of greenery to the home. And as natural purifiers, the two of them can also make the indoor environment cleaner. They really are the potted flowers most worth growing.

The reason everyone grows pothos and spider plants, besides the several advantages mentioned above, is another characteristic: they are easy to grow. Pothos comes alive as soon as it meets water, and spider plants are not picky about soil either. However, in the process of caring for them, yellow leaves are inevitably going to happen. Next, Potted Plant Little Inn will share how to deal with yellow leaves. Remember to save it.

Once pothos and spider plants have yellow leaves, their ornamental value is gone, and they look very ugly.

Once pothos has yellow leaves, it will basically spread across the whole pot. The same goes for spider plants, starting from dry tips and black tips and spreading to the entire leaf. Speaking of yellow leaves on these two potted plants, it is mainly caused by improper daily care.

1. Insufficient or too strong light

Green leaves always need to carry out photosynthesis. If pothos and spider plants are placed in a shady spot and cannot receive light, yellow leaves are easily caused. The solution is to place pothos and spider plants at a position one meter away from the balcony, so that they can receive scattered light and also have a ventilated environment.

2. Watering too frequently

People who grow flowers always like to water more. And most flowers are killed by watering. Therefore watering cannot be taken lightly. Although pothos and spider plants like water, if the potting soil is wet for a long time, or even waterlogged, the plant's root system will rot due to lack of oxygen. This will directly cause the leaves to dry up. When you find the leaves turning yellow from the bottom upward, it means the roots have rotted, and you should repot and trim the roots in time.

3. Too little fertilizer, lack of trace elements such as nitrogen and phosphorus

Nitrogen and phosphorus are both trace substances necessary for plant growth. When the root systems of pothos and spider plants cannot absorb nutrients, the plants will show "fertilizer-deficiency yellow", the leaves become shriveled and dull, and yellow leaves and dead leaves follow right after. Solution: apply some organic fertilizer to the flower pot every month. You can use decomposed soybean cake (rich in nitrogen) and crushed eggshells (a natural phosphorus fertilizer), etc., all of which work.

If the leaves have already turned yellow, don't worry, use "it" to fertilize, it works very well

Potassium dihydrogen phosphate is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, all of which are substances needed for the growth of flowers and plants. Using this fertilizer for growing flowers over the long term can keep the leaves evergreen and make the plants bloom more and with larger flowers. After trying it on many kinds of plants, using potassium dihydrogen phosphate and regularly fertilizing with it diluted in water every month can also make the root system strong. The ability to absorb nutrients improves.

In addition, after diluting potassium dihydrogen phosphate with water, pouring it into the flower pot, or wiping the leaves of pothos and spider plants with it, can also make plants that originally had yellow leaves "turn green again"! When you find a potted plant just starting to get yellow leaves, using a little of it is most practical. That's all for the prevention and care of yellow leaves on pothos and spider plants. Thank you for reading!

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