Lavender plant is a stunning addition of perennial gardens with silvery green foliage and compact shrub-like form, it is ideal for creating informal hedges. The leaves of this plant have shape and colour. This plant is known for their beauty and scent and also sensitive. Plant health is one of the reasons why plant leaves are turning yellow.

Common Problem of Lavender plant

The leaves of lavender plant have many kinds of problems such as yellowing of leaves, curling of leaves, falling of leaves etc. If you want to find the cause of Lavender plant health then this article will help you find it.

Why is my lavender plant turning yellow?

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 lavender plant leaves are turning yellow there is some problem.

• Insufficient light
• Lack of humidity
• Pest attacks
• Old leaves
• Nutrient deficiency
• Temperature changes

Insufficient light of lavender plant leaves turning yellow

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.

Lack of humidity of lavender plant leaves turning yellow

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.

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. Lavender plant gets too much pesticide by mistake then the plant will be damaged and turned into yellow colour.

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.

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.

Temperature changes

This plant prefers tropical temperatures, it will suffer in temperatures lower than 60 degree Fahrenheit. If they get too cool temperatures their leaves will turn yellow.

How to fix Lavender plant turning Yellow Leaves Problem?

We have collected some of the problems that can be solved to make your plant a healthy plant.

• Lavender plant needs bright indirect light, not recommended direct light. 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.
• If the plant is placed near a window, the sunlight will put more stress on the leaves.
• 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.
• Using a sharp, sterilised knife to cut the leaves at the base near the stem.
• Do not feed during the Winter. Too much fertiliser can affect soil health and cause leaves to turn yellow.
• You can also water using spray bottle and place it in a suitable location to get ideal humidity.

Lavender leaves Dropping Reason and solution

The leaves falling off is a sign that something was happening. The plant becomes poor soil, overwatering, nutrient deficiency etc. If you find the problem in your plant, then as soon as possible it should be noted that this plant is facing this problem and how it is happening.

Why Lavender leaves are dropping?

Lavender leaves could be drooping few reasons in below.

• Drainage problem : Container size and drainage are important for growing lavender . If the plant grows in a small space, the roots overlap with each other, so the plant does not get proper nutrients, resulting in drooping of the leaves.
• Nutrient deficiency : This plant prefers well draining soil for health growth. Including potting soil with little to no additions to it, like sand, gravel, perlite.
• Temperature changes : If they get too cool temperatures their leaves will drooping.
• Overwatering : The drooping leaves that indicate your plant is being over watering. If the lavender plant receives too much water, its leaves look droopy. Water is added to the soil when the plant is already waterlogged. The roots will rot and lavender plant can’t survive for long in saturated soil.

Lavender leaves dropping solution

• The drainage in the container should be correct, otherwise the water will accumulate and rot the plant roots.
• If you use wrong type of soil mix then your lavender plant turning yellow colour. The inorganic materials will provide poor space and drainage.
• 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.

Conclusion

In my opinion the points I have discussed in the article are insufficient light, pest attacks, nutrient deficiency etc. I saved my plant by solve these problems, hope it helps you and grow a healthy plant.