Flower diseases can be identified simply by observing the leaves

Is your flower sick? You can tell just by looking at the leaves

The following abnormal leaf conditions in flowers are quite common. You can compare them with your own flowers' leaves, identify the problem based on the symptoms, and take appropriate measures as soon as possible.

Young leaves turning yellow or lower leaves curling and withering with continuous leaf drop is generally caused by overwatering. When watering potted flowers, water only when the soil is dry and water thoroughly when you do; if there is standing water in the pot, it should not remain for more than half an hour, otherwise root health will be affected. Sometimes young leaves of potted flowers turn yellow due to a lack of certain nutrients. If the leaves turn yellow but the veins remain green, it is caused by iron deficiency, and you can apply some ferrous sulfate.

Old leaves turning yellow and new leaves growing very small indicates a lack of nitrogen or phosphorus and potassium nutrients in the potting soil. You can apply some decomposed organic fertilizer or commercially available flower fertilizer to supplement nutrients.

If the tips of young leaves wither and scorch, check whether the potting soil is too dry, or whether the light is too strong or the temperature too high, scorching the plant.

Shoot tips shriveling, young leaves pale yellow and old leaves dark yellow is mostly caused by waterlogged potting soil, lack of oxygen and root rot. Immediately loosen the soil, stop fertilizing and control watering. If the new leaves at the growing tip are normal in color, but the lower leaves gradually dry yellow and fall off or scorch from bottom to top, then it is a lack of water.

Scorched leaf edges are often caused by too much fertilizer or improper watering. You can flush the potting soil multiple times with clean water, so that the fertilizer dissolved in the water flows out through the drainage holes.

Leaf edges curling, wrinkling and turning brown is mostly caused by indoor air being too dry. You should frequently mist the leaf surfaces with water at a temperature close to room temperature; or use the double-pot method by placing the flower pot inside another larger pot, and stuffing wet grass ash or wet old cloth strips between the two pots, so that there is a more humid microclimate around the potted flower.