key takeaways
- Rubber plants get yellow leaves from water problems, excess light, pests or temperature shifts.
- Check the soil moisture, light levels and pests to indicate the cause.
- After fixing the problem, remove the yellow leaves and continue normal care.
Rubber Some of the most difficult houseplants available are available. These members of the Ficus family are attractive, grow quickly, and require minimal care and maintenance. But even it can experience easy tropical general houseplant issues, and yellow leaves are often the first indication that there is a problem.
There are six common causes of yellow leaves on a rubber plant, as well as how to cure each one, tips for how to cure.
Overgrowth
One of the most frequent causes of houseplant problems is highly wet soil, which can be caused by self -inadequate drainage, wrong types of utensils, or water that is just very heavy or too often.
To determine it Overgrowth You can cause yellow leaves on your rubber plant, check the soil. Does it feel moist and disgusting, and is the utensils unusually heavy? If yes, there is a possibility of too much water.
To solve the problem, let the soil of the plant dry completely. Check to ensure that the pot has sufficient drainage holes and is not sitting in a sauce filled with cache pots or excess water. Going forward, the water is only when the top 2 inch or soil has dried up, and make sure that after each session completely water drains from the pot.
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Underwater
Adequate water also cannot cause problems for rubber plants. If the soil is very dry and uprooted, the plant feels particularly light for its shape when you lift the pot, and you do not remember to get water recently, then there is a good chance of water scarcity that causes yellow leaves.
Give your plant a darker water to saturate the root ball well, ensure that all the extra liquid drains are extracted from the holes in the bottom of the pot. Check the top pairs of earthen inch once a week once a week, and water when they are now drying up.
Sun kissed
Rubber trees can handle the part shed to participate in the sun, but each day can damage the leaves of the plant more than a few hours of direct sunlight, especially if it is not done for its new conditions. The sunburn can show yellow or dried on leaves as a tan patch.
If you suspect that the yellow leaves of your rubber plant were due to too much direct sunlight, take the plant beyond the light source or use a sheer curtain to filter direct light. It is not possible to reverse sun damage, but you can close the affected leaves to encourage new, healthy growth because the plant is cured.
Pest problems
Essence Houseplant insect Like mealybugs, scales, and spider mites can damage your rubber plant tissue, causing spotted, dislords, or yellow leaves.
Observe the leaf grocery and carefully stems, such as sticky, clear honeyds that many sucking insects leave behind to seek signs of insects. You can also see your own insect.
Scales appear as flat, brown oval, often on the eggs of leaves, while spider mite leaves the mark of the bound, and the cotney on the leaves indicates the public melabugs.
Once you identify a particular insect as a criminal on your rubber plant, quarantine it from the rest of your collection (and inspect the nearby plants for signs of insect activity). Remove visible insects with a cotton ball immersed in rubbing alcohol, then treat the plant with an organic pesticides such as gardening soap or neem oil to control the infection regularly.
Sudden temperature changes
Have you recently taken your rubber plant to a new place, or the weather has changed? If your plant was exposed for very cold or very warm temperatures, it is used, the leaves may be yellow or completely left with environmental shock.
While you cannot do anything after this, you can keep your rubber plant away from cold drafts, windows and air vents, and wrap the plant carefully if you have to transport it in cold weather.
Natural old age
Believe it or not, topical yellow leaf on your rubber plant is not necessarily the cause of alarm. These plants naturally shed old leaves as age.
So if Yellow leaves You are growing less on the encounter stem and often occur – and your plant seems to be healthy otherwise – perhaps there is nothing to worry about.
