What to do when jade plant leaves turn yellow or white? Causes and solutions
Many gardening friends like to grow jade plants at home, mainly because their leaves are lush and green, with a verdant, oily green color, and the leaves are thick, plump and have a nice texture. Potted jade plants not only have very high ornamental value, but also show a vibrant vitality.
However, some gardening friends often encounter the phenomenon of pale green leaf color when growing jade plants in pots, especially new leaves that often appear pale yellow-white. So, when this happens, what should we do? How can we make jade plant leaves become lush and verdant again?
Perhaps at this point many gardening friends first think of repotting. Actually, we do not need to go to such great lengths at all; we only need to follow the method recommended by the editor, and the leaves will soon become emerald green and full of luster. Let's take a look below.
The method recommended by the editor is to insert a few rusty small iron nails into the potting soil, because when a jade plant lacks iron, its leaves often show the above unhealthy symptoms. The young leaves on the upper part of the branches will show the unhealthy symptoms first, and if we do not supplement iron in time, the older leaves on the lower part of the plant will also gradually become lighter from green.
When a jade plant has a slight iron deficiency, generally the mesophyll tissue in its leaves will appear pale green, but the veins often remain green; and if the iron deficiency is relatively severe, the jade plant's leaves will appear yellow-white. Moreover, many blighted spots will appear, and they may even gradually become scorched, followed by leaf drop.
It can be seen that when a jade plant shows symptoms of iron deficiency, it not only affects the ornamental effect of the potted plant, but also affects the normal growth of the plant. If the iron deficiency is not severe, we can insert a few rusty iron nails into the potting soil near the inner wall of the pot around the plant and water it.
But if the iron deficiency is relatively severe, the effect of inserting iron nails into the pot is usually not very obvious. So at this time we should switch to iron powder, directly sprinkle a thin layer evenly on the pot surface and water or fertilize. This can supplement quite a lot of iron for the plant, and after the plant absorbs enough iron, the unhealthy symptoms of the leaves will gradually disappear.
It can be seen that when the new leaves of a potted jade plant appear yellow-white, this is usually a sign of iron deficiency. So at this time we only need to reasonably supplement iron according to the degree of this condition. The unhealthy symptoms of the plant's leaves will gradually disappear, and they will turn green again.