Repotted my house plant? Hi I repotted my house plant and 2 of its leaves have gone...
Hi
I repotted my house plant and 2 of its leaves have gone yellow.
I'm not sure what type of plant it is, but I've had it a year. It has colossal leaves, about 5 inches long and 3 inches wide, near red undersides and 'ribs' that run through the leaves. It's not a rubber plant.
It sat happily on my sideboard, contained by a sunny room, in the shade, gets watered occasionally. It have grown a lot in the recent months and needed repotting as its roots be poking out of the bottom of the pot.
Now 2 of its leaves have turned yellow. It's neither beneath or over watered, and treated the same as before.
It have plenty of leaves left, but I don't want it to die.
Any ideas?
It's getting rid of it's oldest leaves,as it has detected that it have more room and so will make a lot of trial leaves from the centre.If aplnt does not grow much,it keeps it's leaves,but when it's woken up,as within the wild,it loses leaves as it produces new one.It's a apposite sign.Cut them off Often times re-potting a plant will cause "shock". It will wilt and look "sickly" for several days or even weeks...but should survive near attention. Try some plant food and keep it in duplicate location it was flourishing in.
Yes repotting can cause shock so purely give it time and it should improve, or some plants in actuality like to be pot bound so once it gets used to its current home it may get better.
Try searching some plant books, email 'gardeners world' (with a picture maybe) or filch it to your local garden store and ask them to help you identify it. Then you'll be able to see if it desires anything else such as feed or a different type of compost.
Answers: Don't verbs, it's just what is known as shock after transplantation.. Pull of the unmoving leaves and do not over water.