Plants with decorative leaves can become a chic decoration of any apartment, because spectacular and unusual drawings on the leaves attract views. But there is one small drawback, because almost all exotic plants are finicky or simply unadapted to our weather conditions. So before buying such plants, you need to carefully study their requirements for temperature and humidity.
Here, for example, kalateya . A plant with leaves of amazing beauty! Such a feeling that each leaf painted the hand of a great artist. But, alas, it happens that the ends of leaves begin to dry at the kalatei. This problem occurs quite often, but still it is not pleasant when a newly purchased plant has some problems. So, let's figure out what to do if the kalatea dries and why in general, kalatei leaves dry.
Why do the leaves turn yellow at kalatei?
First, let's look at the cause of the phenomenon, such as drying and yellowing of leaves in kalatei. There may be several reasons, although the first of them is most often encountered.
- dry air;
- low temperature of air;
- lack of light and nutrients.
That's all the possible reasons why yellowing and drying kalatea. To determine which of the listed reasons is present in you, try out all methods of "saving" kalatei, which are given below. Although most often, it is quite easy to determine the cause and "by eye".
What if the leaves dry with kalatei?
Having dealt with the reasons, let's move on to the methods of struggle. In fact, kalatea is a plant not very demanding and capricious, so you will only need to provide it with the usual conditions and care.
Dry air. If you have dry air in the apartment, then you must provide the kalatee with the missing moisture. You can, of course, spray the leaves of kalatei with water and put the plant on a pallet with expanded clay, but it still will not solve your problem, but only for a while will help get rid of it. It is advisable to simply accustom the kalathea to the level of humidity in your apartment. To do this, cover
Cold . Sometimes the reason for the yellowing and drying of the leaves may be that you put the kalathea in a cold place, for example, on a window sill. Kalatea does not tolerate temperatures below 16 degrees, so just pick up a better place and protect the plant from drafts.
Lack of light and nutrients. Too bright light kalatee is contraindicated, but you can not keep the plant in the shade. Find the golden mean in this matter. And in the land for kalatei must necessarily be present coniferous land, as well as charcoal, which will provide the plant with the necessary nutrients.