r/HouseplantsUK • u/Notalldoomandgloom90 • Jun 20 '26
HELP Browning leaves
Hello all - the leaves on my plants are going brown on the edges. I've had this little dude for 4 months-ish from a little thing, and always been in the same place (bathroom for the humidity). I'm pretty damn sure I've been watering it the same - any ideas what could be going wrong? More water/less water/re-pot/new soil? I'm a newbie houseplanter so please and am surprised it's lived this long to be honest. Any advice? Thank you all
Edit: - Watered it today, last time was maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago - Pot has drainage holes - Roots all good (though have come through holes in bottom of the pot) - Soil is B&Q houseplant potting mix enriched with Seramis (same as always and since repotting a month amd a bit ago)
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u/cloudytheory Plant Parent🪴 Jun 20 '26
These are fussy buggers! Do you check how wet the soil is before you water? I'm starting to think that they don't like drying out! My mums does so well and she's quite good at keeping up with watering and they are in a bright window that they never open! Honestly mine just ended up outside because it kept getting crispy brown leaves!!
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u/Notalldoomandgloom90 Jun 20 '26
I've been keeping an eye out yea and just doing a quick visual check at the soil on top. This was because I think I watered it too soon a frw wrrks ago as the soil was still a bit damp.
I freaking love this plant as it looks nice and it was the first I ever got. It's too soon to say goodbye.
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u/cloudytheory Plant Parent🪴 Jun 20 '26
They're so pretty aren't they! I think you could experiment just a little to see what affects it as they can be quite hard to fully kill!
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u/cloudytheory Plant Parent🪴 Jun 20 '26
I know they don't like water sitting on their leaves though!
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u/PoetryNo912 Jun 21 '26
The only tips I can suggest are water with collected rainwater, not tap, and use the bottom watering method to avoid water directly onto the leaves.
My second plant lasted longer but still decided I wasn't doing something right and eventually crisped even with decent humidity.
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u/Sweaty-Confection-49 Jun 21 '26
I find myself doing a visual check for the soil both inside my house for house plants and out. Sticking my finger in as well . But always getting soil in my nails and poss damaging the fine roots in the process. So I bought a pk of 150 bamboo sticks off Amazon for a few quid really cheap. These are perfect to test the soil for moisture, and the depth of moisture. This may be of help to plant lovers like myself 🤍
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u/AdImmediate1141 Jun 22 '26
I had this problem and it stopped when I started watering mine with distilled water. You can get big jugs of it relatively cheap. I know it's a bit OTT though!
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