Reasons for Yellowing Leaves on Orange Jessamine and How to Fix Them

Orange jessamine (Aglaia odorata) is one of people's favorite flowering plants, and it can bloom multiple times throughout the year, so many people like to grow a pot of orange jessamine at home or in the office. However, yellowing leaves can occur during the process of growing orange jessamine, so do you know why orange jessamine leaves turn yellow? What should you do when orange jessamine leaves turn yellow? Let's take a look.

1. Insufficient light

The growth and development of orange jessamine requires plenty of sunlight. If it is kept in a shaded environment for a long time, the nutrients accumulated through photosynthesis are used for watering, and over time the leaves will turn yellow and drop off.

Solution: You can place the orange jessamine indoors in a ventilated spot with scattered light, and rotate the direction every month so that the orange jessamine receives light evenly. Before long, the leaf color will gradually recover.

2. Improper watering

Orange jessamine likes moisture. If it is not repotted for a long time, the nutrients in the soil will decrease and oxygen will be reduced. After watering, the root system will remain in a high-temperature environment for a long time, its respiration will be inhibited, and part of the root system will die, causing the leaves to turn yellow and drop off. In addition, when watering in the high-temperature season, evaporation is high; if watering is not timely and the potting soil stays dry for a long time, the leaves will also turn yellow within a short time.

Solution: If the yellowing leaves are caused by overly wet potting soil, watering must be stopped immediately, and in severe cases the plant can be repotted. If the yellowing leaves are caused by long-term lack of water, do not water thoroughly all at once; water slowly until the plant recovers, then resume normal watering.

3. Alkaline soil

Orange jessamine likes a slightly acidic soil environment. If the soil is alkaline, it will cause the leaves to turn yellow. Most soils in the north are alkaline, so it is hard to avoid this problem.

Solution: The simplest method is to change the pH of the soil. You can water with ferrous sulfate water to reduce the alkalinity of the soil, and repot once a year. The potting mix can be prepared with field soil, pine needles and a small amount of river sand.

4. Low temperature

The yellowing of orange jessamine leaves often occurs in winter with fertilizer and water; the main reason is low temperature. Orange jessamine likes a warm environment. When the overwintering temperature is below 5 degrees, it will freeze to death. In the early stage of cold damage, the leaves will gradually turn yellow and then drop off. Another point is that when exposed to cold wind, the orange jessamine often has yellow leaves overnight.

Solution: Once the orange jessamine plant is damaged or exposed to cold wind, it is extremely difficult to save, and this directly affects the flowering of the following year. Therefore, after the beginning of winter, good insulation work should be done to help it overwinter safely.

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