What to Do When Potted Plant Leaves Turn Yellow? Try These Methods to Keep Flowers Strong-Rooted and Green-Leaved

The most frustrating thing about growing flowers is yellowing leaves. You inexplicably find that the leaves of your potted plants have turned yellow. In fact, this shows that the plants at home are starting to have small problems, and if handled improperly, bigger problems can easily arise. Below we list the solutions for several common potted plants.

1. Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)

Lucky bamboo is a very common green plant at home, especially grown in water. If yellow leaves appear before roots have grown, it means it has too many leaves, leading to insufficient nutrients and then yellowing leaves. So we can remove some of the lucky bamboo leaves. This not only alleviates the yellowing but also promotes root growth.

2. Money Tree (Pachira aquatica)

Improper watering is an important cause of yellowing leaves in money trees. It is quite sensitive to water. If watered too much, root rot and yellow leaves very easily occur. The root system of the money tree is not that well developed, so when watered too much, the roots cannot absorb it and root rot and yellow leaves easily occur.

3. Asparagus Fern (Asparagus setaceus)

If yellow leaves appear on asparagus fern, we can solve it by watering with soybean cake water. Put the soybean cake in a sealed container and place it in the sun to bake. Generally about two weeks is enough. Then take the clear liquid from the top, dilute it with water, and use it to water the plant. This can reduce the yellowing of asparagus fern leaves.