Kalanchoe plant is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae. It is a popular indoor plant because it’s drought tolerant and easy to grow. This plant prefers low-maintenance indoor plant that grows to about 6 to 12 inches tall with fleshy, succulent leaves. Suddenly, the leaves of Kalanchoe plant leaves 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 Kalanchoe 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.
If you want to know Kalanchoe plant care.
Why my Kalanchoe plant leaves turning yellow?
We have collected some of the problems that can be solved to make your plant a healthy plant.
- Overwatering
- Nutrient deficiency
- Temperature changes
- Insufficient light
- Pest attacks
- Old leaves
Overwatering
The yellow leaves that indicate your plant is being over watering. If the Kalanchoe 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 Kalanchoe 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.
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. Do not feed during the Winter. Too much fertiliser can affect soil health and cause leaves to turn yellow.
Temperature changes
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.
Insufficient light
Kalanchoe 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.
Pest attacks
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. Kalanchoe 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.
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.