Begonias are a beautiful plant from tropical and subtropical climates. Some varieties have less showy flowers but are prized for their attractive foliage. Suddenly, the leaves of begonia plant turning yellow, it may need some extra attention.
It can cause by different factors including overwatering , nutrient deficiency, insufficient light, temperature change, lack of humidity etc. There are some tips and tricks to follow to save your plant from these, I have shared this article. Hope this helps you.
Why my Begonia plant leaves turning yellow?
There are some different factors why your begonia plant leaves turning yellow. The reason are below.
If you want to know Begonia plant care.
Overwatering
The yellow leaves that indicate your plant is being over watering. If the Begonia plant receives too much water, its leaves look droopy and yellow. Water is added to the soil when the plant is already waterlogged. The roots will rot and begonia can’t survive for long in saturated soil.
If your plant’s roots begin to rot, the water and nutrients needed by the plant to survive will not reach the plant’s leaves. This causes the leaves to shrivel up to retain water.To avoid these problems, you should place the plant in a place where the drainage hole will be good so that even if you overwater, the excess water will escape through that hole.
Nutrient deficiency
Nutrient deficiency in soil can cause to turn yellow. This plant does not need much fertiliser just feed your plant balance fertiliser during the growing season.Container size and drainage are important for growing begonia plant. If the plant grows in a small space, the roots overlap with each other, so the plant does not get proper nutrients, resulting in yellowing of the leaves.
Insufficient light
Begonia plant needs bright indirect light, not recommended direct light. If your plant getting too much light then the leaves will start to burn, place it in a less Sunny spot. There is a high chance when your plant has older leaves.
For this reason, the photosynthesis process are cannot occur, the plant cannot produce chlorophyll which is the component of this process. Place this plant on indirect light area.
Temperature change
The ideal temperature in 65°F to 75°F, if your plant gets too cold and too hot, it may drop leaves. In both cases, moving your plant in a suitable location to get ideal temperature. Care must be taken not to place in a location where warm temperatures occurs.
Lack of humidity
If the humidity isn’t high enough, the plant might drop some of its leaves.Too much or too little humidity can affect your plant health and this cause leaves turning yellow . You can also water using spray bottle and place it in a suitable location to get ideal humidity.
How to cure your begonia plant turning yellow?
- The humidity level should be kept right, if it is low then you can spray water on the leaves.
- If we create new plants from one plant, then we have to take care that the time root for shifting other roots do not overlap with each other.
- Do not overwater, water should be given when the soil becomes dry.
- Do not overwater, water should be given when the soil becomes dry.
- We can remove the yellow leaves.
Care should be taken not to get too much direct light.