Dracaena plant is a popular indoor plant because of its easy to grow and long, attractive colourful leaves. Suddenly, the leaves of dragon plant turning yellow, it may need some extra attention.
All leaves are own life-span. When their life span is over those leaves are turning yellow it’s common. But suddenly maximum number of the Dragon plant leaves are turning yellow there is some problem. 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 dragon plant turning yellow?
We have collected some of the problems that can be solved to make your plant a healthy plant.
If you want to how dragon plant care.
- Overwatering
- Temperature changes
- Lack of humility
- Pests
- Compact soil
- Old leaves
Overwatering
The yellow leaves that indicate your plant is being over watering. If the Dragon 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 Dragon plant 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.
Temperature changes
Dragon plant ideal temperature between 65-90 degree Fahrenheit. If your room temperature is higher than the leaves will yellow. The placement of your plant plays a key role in its exposure to heat. To avoid the placing your plant in direct sunlight. To keep your snake plants happy and healthy, keep them in an environment with consistent temperatures in their preferred range.
Lack of humidity
Another reason is low humidity that your plant’s leaves turning yellow, one solution for all reasons is to give the plant more humidity. Use watering spray the leaves can help to improve humidity in the air. Dragon plant need humidity thrive so you can keep it in humid bathrooms or use a humidifier once a day.
Pests
Another common problem is pest attacks like spider mites, mealybugs are pesticides. It is important when applying the pesticides, to carefully read the instructions on the pesticide packets and only apply the infected area. Dragon plant gets too much pesticide by mistake then the plant will be damaged and turned into yellow colour.
Do not use a spray of soapy water to wipe the leaves of the plant. Wipe gently with alcohol in a soft cloth. This way we get rid of this pest and disease.
Compact soil
This plant prefers well draining soil for health growth. If you use wrong type of soil mix then your dragon plant turning yellow colour. The inorganic materials will provide poor space and drainage.Container size and drainage are important for growing Dragon 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. One problem is that the drainage in the container should be correct, otherwise the water will accumulate and rot the plant roots.
Old leaves
When new growth is appear then plant will begin discarding leaves it no longer needs. Moreover, the lower leaves are the first leaves to yellow and fall off of the plant. Using a sharp, sterilised knife to cut the leaves at the base near the stem.