What to do about dry and black tips on spider plant leaves? An expert gardener teaches you to solve it easily
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"I bought it from the flower market a few days ago. I thought the winter smog was severe and the indoor air was bad too, so I might as well keep some plants. Spider plants can purify the air. So I bought a pot, but who knew that after just a few days, the leaf tips started turning yellow, and some even started turning black."
Many flower lovers keep plants at home. Besides some good-looking flowering plants and cute succulents, most are green plants, that is, foliage plants. The spider plant, as a very common foliage potted plant in households, gets a lot of attention. After all, this plant stays green all year round and can also purify the air. However, anyone who has grown spider plants knows that spider plants are not easy to grow!
For example: dry leaf tips, black tips~
"I got a spider plant from a colleague's home and planted it nearly a week ago. At first I let it adjust indoors for two or three days, then moved it to the balcony. These past two days I noticed the leaf tips turning black, and there are signs it is increasing. What should I do?"
In fact, there are many factors that cause spider plants to turn black. The main ones are:Indoor air that is too dry, insufficient breathability of the potting soil, indoor temperatures that are too low, and watering too frequently.
The above is the spider plant of flower lover "Xie Xiaojia Luosiya", very beautiful! The only flaw is that dry tips and black tips are starting to appear.
"If you want spider plants to have no dry tips and no black tips, it is actually not hard, the key is whether you put your heart into it!" commented a flower lover who has grown spider plants for seven or eight years.
First of all, the weather is cold at this time, and indoors there is either heating or the air conditioner is on. The windows have never been opened, so the air does not circulate. And it is dry. You are willing to get yourself a humidifier, but plants need one too! If it is too dry, not only is the spider plant's growth hindered, but the leaves also become short and small, making dry tips even more likely.
"If you want to get rid of dry air, it is very simple. Spray water around the spider plant pot every day. Or, a more convenient method: place a washbasin beside the spider plant pot, fill it half full with water, and add more once it has evaporated."
The second biggest factor affecting dry tips on spider plants is insufficient breathability of the potting soil.
The spider plant of flower lover "Qianyi Ya", propagating it this way is also reliable
Many flower lovers' spider plants are repotted in March or April or in June or July, and by winter the soil in the pot mostly becomes compacted. If you water too frequently and the pot has insufficient breathability, the moisture directly causes root rot. Spider plants have a certain drought resistance. It is recommended to water once a week.
The suitable temperature for spider plant growth is 15-25°C.
If the temperature is too low, it affects the growth of the spider plant, causing it to go from dry tips to black tips until the entire leaf dries up. The above is the spider plant of flower lover "Hua Luo Wei Ni", a newly cultivated small plant.
If the indoor temperature is too low, it is recommended that flower lovers place the spider plant pot more than one meter away from a south-facing balcony. This way it will not be exposed to direct sunlight, and scattered light will appropriately raise the surrounding temperature (scattered light is also what spider plants love most; during the day, 50%-70% of sunlight needs to be blocked, otherwise the leaf tips will dry up).