the leaves on my plant are turning yellow, its a cutting from a house plant, its been doing quite fine in water and has lots of roots but lately i've noticed that its turning yellow. the plant is not a spider plant, the leaves look a little bit like hearts. its in a semi-sunny temporate window. I'm thinking that it's time to plant it in soil, if so can i trim the roots beforehand (they're pretty long)?
2007-03-23 03:22:31 · 3 answers · asked by missbeth7 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Yellow form lack of nutrients since it is not in the soil yet. Planting it is the correct answer as you mentioned you are going to do. Dont just trim off the roots like you would grass, this will cause a lot of stress to the plant and it will increase the chances of it dyeing off. You can break off some of the roots if you feel you must other wise, carefully gather them up in a swirl and plant. If the plant needs to loose roots it will on its own kill them off. Make sure your plant pot is big enough and the dirt is loose and the roots will find their own way around. Good luck!
2007-03-23 03:28:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am just guessing that it is a philodendron. If I had a few yellow leaves, I would just remove them. If all the leaves are yellow, It is more troubled . Go ahead and plant it in some good potting soil. I wouldn't do much root pruning, but if you have to to make it fit in your pot snip the longest stuff. The feeder roots are the little white hairy ones. Also look for insects. See if it improves with some soil around the roots!
2007-03-23 10:31:31 · answer #2 · answered by plaplant8 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yellow leaves mean too much water.
2007-03-23 10:57:43 · answer #3 · answered by Barefoot Betty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋