hi again :o)
here is a picture of my poor velvet elephant ear my questions are posted in "kalanchoe beherensis help" which should be directly beneith this post however as you can see my plant isnt doing too well and i really want to help it so any advise on care would be greatly appreciated
thanks again x
I know or at least think that my plant has a fungal infection but dont know why all of a suddon it has started to go yellow round the edges?? :o(
A lot of times yellow around the edges means overwatering, and I don't think these plants need a ton of water so that's the first thing I'd check for (plus from the picture, your soil looks pretty wet). If the soil is still really wet, I'd repot it in some fresh potting mix, and swish the roots around in some dilute hydrogen peroxide or chamomile tea before you put it in the new soil, that should help kill any fungus that's started to infect the roots.
OOOops the soil looks really wet because i decided to water it yesterday as i hadnt watered it since i repotted it a week and a half ago and as the plant had become really pot bound i thought that the yellowing could have been something to do with the roots not being soft enough to spread in to the new soil ????
I hadnt watered it at all until then and the yellowing started to appear after the repotting :o(
The top of the plant seems to be growing new leaves wouldnt this mean that its ok and i should cut off the leaves that are dammaged?
Just curious. How much light is your plant getting. It really needs quite a bit.
If the yellowing started just after transplanting, it could be a bit of transplant shock too (although it still could be overwatering). The plant's roots always get damaged a bit when you transplant (especially if it was rootbound and you had to rough up the roots a bit when you moved it).
Hi begonia and ecrane thanks for your replies and helping me with this I dont feel so useless now i know i am doing something constructive to help save my plant :o) Unfortunatey my plant isnt getting alot of light at all as i live in the north west of england and it is now dawning winter thus sunshine is scarce :o( any suggestions? I am crazy enough to buy one of those sun lamps if it would help maybe my plant has seasonal effective dissorder now living in england instead of madagascar
Yes the plant could be in shock from repotting what is the best thing to do/ leave it alone now ? will it correct itself? this plant is supposed to be pretty tough I really dont know what else i can do but thank you so much for your help this far :o)
any hints tips no matter how small or simple would be greatly appreciated :o)
Putting it under a lamp for about 12 hours a day would give it the aproximate amount of light that it usually requires. Remember water plus light and soil = food for plants. Without the proper mix of all three a plant will drop leaves and eventually die. Your plant is not really one to need a lot of fertilizer or water but with succulents light is definitely the key.
Thank you so much i will give that a go. hopefully i can get it through winter and it will be able to soak up the natural sun next summer :o)
