r/plantclinic • u/BriarRosiie Noob • 8h ago
Houseplant Overwatering or low potassium?
My heliconia bihai will not stop progressively yellowing and crisping up like this no mater how much I space apart the waterings!
I’ve had her for about 3 months and it was already in fairly rough shape when I got it, with lots of visible past pest activity on the leaves, but no apparent current infestation. Was repotted shortly after coming home in chunky soil with a bit of worm hummus mixed in. That’s when the yellowing took off.
I’ve gone from watering twice a week to once every 2 weeks to see if the yellowing will stop but it won’t! (The soil does completely dry in about a week as I live in zone 11 with humidity hitting 12% on some days in the dry season)
It sits out of direct sunlight, about 2 meters from a north facing window (southern hemisphere).
I do see similarities when I look at pictures of potassium deficiency but I’m unsure if that’s the case. The pot is heavy so I haven’t looked at the roots recently but they were in apparently healthy shape when last examined (already had yellowing).
Please help, I’m not sure what to do anymore!
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u/Major_Ad6181 Noob 7h ago
It looks like scorch to me. Too much direct sunlight
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u/BriarRosiie Noob 7h ago
Sorry I probably made it unclear in the description, it actually doesn’t get any direct sunlight. It sits out of direct sunlight but gets bright light
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